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Dagmar Schröter1, Wolfgang Cramer, Rik Leemans

  • 1Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, 14473 Potsdam, Germany. dagmar.schroeter@gmail.com

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|October 29, 2005
PubMed
まとめ

世界の変化は,ヨーロッパの生態系サービスに大きく影響を与えています. いくつかの変化は機会を提供する一方で,土壌の肥沃性や水の利用可能性などの基本的なサービスの減少により,多くの変化は脆弱性を高めます.

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