Over-compensation payments for agro-biodiversity conservation

Agrobiodiversity Conservation and Economic Development

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 406-420

  Ohl, Cornelia ^a   Drechsler, Martin ^a   Johst, Karin ^a   Wätzold, Franz ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

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EID: 77955569794     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203890127     Document Type: Chapter

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