<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>5</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Reynolds, J. F.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wu, J.</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kabat, P. (eds.)</style></author></secondary-authors><tertiary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kabat, P.  (eds.)</style></author></tertiary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Do landscape structural and functional units exist?</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Integrating Hydrology, Ecosystem Dynamics, and Biogeochemistry in Complex Landscapes</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JRN</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1999</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">John Wiley and Sons</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chichester, U.K.</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">273-296</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The complexity of landscapes requires that simplified constructs or frameworks be developed for understanding and predictions.  Toward this goal, the question is posed, &quot;Do landscape structural and functional units exist?&quot;  The argument is in favor of the existence of landscape units, but acknowledge that there are no generic recipes for simplifying the real world for use in landscape models.  While simplification is the key to achieving understanding and prediction, explicit consideration of scale multiplicity in studying complex landscapes is dictated by the hierarchical properties of landscapes.  Therefore, we suggest that the hierarchical patch dynamics paradigm provides a conceptual framework to accomplish these objectives.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LTER.1999-91219</style></accession-num></record></records></xml>