The Functions of Biological Diversity in an Age of Extinction

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Science

• Publication date

  2012-06-15

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1126/science.1215855PMID 22700920
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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