Developing result-orientated payment schemes for environmental services in grasslands: Results from two case studies in north-western germany

Biodiversity

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 91-95

  Bertke, Elke ^a   Klimek, Sebastian ^a   Wittig, Burghard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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EID: 73849141954     PISSN: 14888386     EISSN: 21600651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2008.9712893     Document Type: Article

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