Planning for the Future of Urban Biodiversity: A Global Review of City-Scale Initiatives

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  2017

• Venue

  BioScience

• Publication date

  2017-04-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Business, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/BIOSCI/BIX012
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