Bad data equals bad policy: How to trust estimates of ecosystem loss when there is so much uncertainty?

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Friess, D A ^a   Webb, E L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 82555165486     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892911000026     Document Type: Note

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