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Editorial: Modeling the human well-being benefits of ecosystem restoration and management for environmental decision
Susan H Yee1, Matthew C Harwell2, Joel Hoffman3
1Gulf Ecosystems Measurement and Modeling Division, Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Gulf Breeze, FL, United States.
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
|October 9, 2024
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