Open Access
Issue
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 703, 2026
V International Conference on Ensuring Sustainable Development: Ecology, Earth Science, Energy and Agriculture (AEES2025)
Article Number 01007
Number of page(s) 9
Section Ecology, Biodiversity and Ways of its Conservation
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202670301007
Published online 09 April 2026
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