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Price of prosperity: economic development and biological conservation in China (inline image)

  1. Fangliang He

Article first published online: 28 APR 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01641.x

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Journal of Applied Ecology

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volume 46, Issue 3, pages 511–515, June 2009

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He, F. (2009), Price of prosperity: economic development and biological conservation in China (inline image). Journal of Applied Ecology, 46: 511–515. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01641.x

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  1. Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H1

**Correspondence author. E-mail: fhe@ualberta.ca

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  1. Issue published online: 28 APR 2009
  2. Article first published online: 28 APR 2009
  3. Received 26 January 2009; accepted 19 February 2009Handling Editor: E. J. Milner-Gulland

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