Increased dependence of humans on ecosystem services and biodiversity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Guo, Zhongwei ^a   Zhang, Lin ^a   Li, Yiming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; HYDROPOWER; POLICY; TOURISM; WOOD;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 78049286824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013113     Document Type: Article

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