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Chapter Three - Biodiversity and agriculture

from Part I - Biodiversity, ecosystem services and resilience in agricultural systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2019

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David Tilman
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Stephen J. Ramsden  and
Rosemary S. Hails
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University of Nottingham
Rosemary S. Hails
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Agricultural Resilience
Perspectives from Ecology and Economics
 , pp. 39 - 59
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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