Conservation policy in traditional farming landscapes
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1 Faculty of Sustainability, Leuphana University Lueneburg, 21335 Lueneburg, Germany 2 Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania 3 Babeş-Bolyai University, Department of Taxonomy and Ecology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 4 Geography Department, Humboldt-University Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany 5 Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, P.O. Box 601203, D-14412 Potsdam, Germany
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