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A definitive guide to the depth and breadth of the ecological sciences, revised and updated
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We integrated the emerging information of the ecological, economic and social importance
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options available are restricted by inappropriate economic tools which fail to capture the …

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proceed species by species and threat by threat. We suggest that piecemeal approaches …

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