Creating better cities: how biodiversity and ecosystem functioning enhance urban residents’ wellbeing

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Urban Ecosystems

• Publication date

  2015-09-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s11252-014-0427-3
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