Human health as an ecosystem service: A conceptual framework

Integrating Ecology and Poverty Reduction: Ecological Dimensions

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 231-251

  Levy, Karen ^a   Daily, Gretchen ^b   Myers, Samuel S ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 84874619709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0633-5_14     Document Type: Chapter

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