Changes in the global value of ecosystem services

@article{Costanza2014ChangesIT,
  title={Changes in the global value of ecosystem services},
  author={Robert Costanza and Rudolf de Groot and Paul C. Sutton and Sander van der Ploeg and Sharolyn J. Anderson and Ida Kubiszewski and Stephen B. Farber and R. Kerry Turner},
  journal={Global Environmental Change-human and Policy Dimensions},
  year={2014},
  volume={26},
  pages={152-158}
}

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