Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

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• Publication year

  2012

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  Nature

• Publication date

  2012-06-06

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Philosophy, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/nature11148PMID 22678280
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