A quantitative review of ecosystem service studies: approaches, shortcomings and the road ahead
Journal of Applied EcologyPublished 26 January 2011Open access
Ralf Seppelt, Carsten F. Dormann, Florian V. Eppink, Sven Lautenbach, Stefan Schmidt
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