A Loss-Gain Calculator for Biodiversity Offsets and the Circumstances in Which No Net Loss Is Feasible
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عنوان ژورنال: Conservation Letters
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1755-263X
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12206