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Publikation Nr. 1202 - Details Lindemann-Matthies, P., Junge, X. & Matthies, D. (2010). The influence of plant diversity on people’s perception and aesthetic appreciation of grassland vegetation, Biological Conservation, 143, 195-202. URL: doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2009.10.003 Abstract The conservation of biodiversity critically depends on the value that humans attach to it. Apart from an ecological and economic value, an aesthetic value has often been assigned to biodiversity. However, it is not known whether lay people appreciate the diversity of species and not just certain individual species or nature as a whole. We studied in a series of experiments and field studies people's perception and appreciation of species diversity. We presented meadow-like arrays of differe Attribute
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