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Ecological Engineering

Volume 52, March 2013, Pages 224-227
Ecological Engineering

Letter to the Editor
Comment on “Ecological engineers ahead of their time: The functioning of pre-Columbian raised-field agriculture and its potential contributions to sustainability today” by Dephine Renard et al.

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