Concerns about the use of ecosystem services as a tool for nature conservation: From misleading concepts to providing a “price” for nature, but not a “value”

European Journal of Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 68-70

  Morelli, Federico ^a,b   Møller, Anders Pape ^c  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

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EID: 84989901089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13398474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/eje-2015-0009     Document Type: Article

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