"Lead coordinating author: Mohamed Tawfic Ahmed"--Acknowledgements.
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This five-volume set, comprising four technical volumes and one summary volume, provides an indispensable baseline of information for researchers, scholars, and students, as well as inform public decision-making for decades to come.
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... 291, 292, 294 Agricultural production, 251, 253–255 Agricultural residues bioenergy production, 263 energy crops, 263 risks, ... 58 Biological control services, 378–380 Biological invasions, 38, 215, 216, 223 Biomass, 65, 119, 121, ...
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