Articles | Volume 14, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/we-14-61-2014
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19 Dec 2014
Comment/reply |  | 19 Dec 2014

Comment on "Opinion paper: Forest management and biodiversity": the role of protected areas is greater than the sum of its number of species

M. Mikoláš, M. Svoboda, V. Pouska, R. C. Morrissey, D. C. Donato, W. S. Keeton, T. A. Nagel, V. D. Popescu, J. Müller, C. Bässler, J. Knorn, L. Rozylowicz, C. M. Enescu, V. Trotsiuk, P. Janda, H. Mrhalová, Z. Michalová, F. Krumm, and D. Kraus

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