Editorial: Optimizing the Delivery of Multiple Ecosystem Goods and Services in Agricultural Systems
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Department of Ecology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2 Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, 3 Land Resources Unit, Joint Research Centre, Directorate for Sustainable Resources, European Commission, Ispra, Italy, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, Division of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of
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