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Cost-efficiency of biodiversity indicators for Mediterranean ecosystems and the effects of socio-economic factors

  1. Yael Mandelik1,*,
  2. Uri Roll2,
  3. Aliza Fleischer3

Article first published online: 27 AUG 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01864.x

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Journal of Applied Ecology

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volume 47, Issue 6, pages 1179–1188, December 2010

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Mandelik, Y., Roll, U. and Fleischer, A. (2010), Cost-efficiency of biodiversity indicators for Mediterranean ecosystems and the effects of socio-economic factors. Journal of Applied Ecology, 47: 1179–1188. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01864.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Entomology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, PO Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel

  2. 2

    Biomathematics Unit, Department of Zoology, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel

  3. 3

    Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, PO Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel

* Correspondence author. E-mail: mandelik@agri.huji.ac.il

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  1. Issue published online: 2 NOV 2010
  2. Article first published online: 27 AUG 2010
  3. Received 16 March 2010; accepted 26 July 2010Handling Editor: Marc Cadotte

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