The urgent need for human well-being elements in biodiversity research

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1149-1151

  Mlambo, Musa C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity crisis; Conservation; Human socio economics; IPBES

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857798589     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0237-y     Document Type: Letter

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