The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital

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Natural capitalBiosphereEcosystem servicesBiomeNatural resource economicsValue (mathematics)EcosystemBusinessEconomicsEnvironmental scienceAgricultural economicsEcologyBiologyComputer science

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Year: 1997
Type: article
Volume: 387
Issue: 6630
Pages: 253-260
Citations: 21252
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                                    Robert Costanza, 
                                
                                    Ralph C. d’Arge, 
                                
                                    R.S. de Groot
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1997). 
                            The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital. 
                            Nature
                            , 387
                            (6630)
                            , 253-260.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/387253a0
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/387253a0