Impacts of urban development on biodiversity and ecosystem services

Handbook on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Impact Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 167-194

  Balfors, Berit ^a   Azcárate, Juan ^a   Mörtberg, Ulla ^a   Karlson, Mårten ^a   Gordon, Sara Odelius ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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DOI: 10.4337/9781783478996.00014     Document Type: Chapter

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