Protected areas in the world’s ecoregions: How well connected are they?

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Ecological Indicators

• Publication date

  2017-05-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.12.047PMID 28469529PMCID 5362157
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