On the value of agricultural biodiversity

Annual Review of Resource Economics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 207-223

  Di Falco, Salvatore ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agrobiodiversity; developing countries; ecosystem services; food production; resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873177800     PISSN: 19411340     EISSN: 19411359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-resource-110811-114543     Document Type: Review

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