Practical solutions for bottlenecks in ecosystem services mapping
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Mapping ecosystem services: Practical challenges and opportunities in linking GIS and value transfer
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: One Ecosystem
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2367-8194
DOI: 10.3897/oneeco.3.e20713