The assessment of ecosystem services provided by biodiversity: Re-thinking concepts and research needs

Handbook of Nature Conservation: Global, Environmental and Economic Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 261-282

  Martín López, Berta ^a   Gómez Baggethun, Erik ^a   González, José A ^a   Lomas, Pedro L ^a   Montes, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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