Conservation Biology: The Importance of Wilderness
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چکیده
The efforts to increase protected area coverage are overlooking the importance of remaining wilderness areas.
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Kept out
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 26 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016