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CONTENTS Preface vii Acknowledgments xi Chapter 1. Intellectual Antecedents to Large-Scale Ecosystem Studies 1 Chapter 2. How the International Biological Program Swept the Scientific World 15 Chapter 3. The Origin and Evolution of the Long-Term Ecological Research Program 89 Chapter 4. The Future of Big Ecology: IGBP, AmeriFlux, NEON, and Other Major Initiatives 145 References 185 Index 215 This page intentionally left blank ...

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