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Title: Easter Island: Historical Anecdote or Warning for the Future?

Authors: Reuveny, R., and C. S. Decker

Citation: Reuveny, R., and C. S. Decker. 2000. Easter Island: Historical Anecdote or Warning for the Future? Ecological Economics 35, no. 2: 271-87.

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