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hierarchical patch dynamics: a standalone construct

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Landscape ecology

a paradigm viewing ecological systems as nested hierarchies of patch mosaics whose dynamics produce stability at broader scales.

In landscape ecology, hierarchical patch dynamics refers to a paradigm viewing ecological systems as nested hierarchies of patch mosaics whose dynamics produce stability at broader scales. This meaning comes from Wu (1995) in The Quarterly Review of Biology.[1]

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References

Wu, J., & Loucks, O. L. (1995). From Balance of Nature to Hierarchical Patch Dynamics: A Paradigm Shift in Ecology. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 70(4), 439-466. https://doi.org/10.1086/419172

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