Economic and environmental benefits of biodiversity: The annual economic and environmental benefits of biodiversity in the United States total approximately $300 billion

BioScience

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 747-757

  Pimentel, David ^a   Wilson, Christa ^a   McCullum, Christine ^a   Huang, Rachel ^a   Dwen, Paulette ^a   Flack, Jessica ^a   Tran, Quynh ^a   Saltman, Tamara ^a   Cliff, Barbara ^a  

^a Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases   (United States)

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EID: 0030728154     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313097     Document Type: Article

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