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    Mirjana Šijačić-Nikolić & Marina Nonić

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Šijačić-Nikolić, M., Nonić, M. (2019). Biological Diversity: Global Threats. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Life on Land. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71065-5_80-1

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