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The interpretation of scarcity and the importance of resilience: An overlooked aspect of phosphorus supply security: A comment on Stamm et al. (2021)

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  1. Friedrich W. Wellmer

    Present address: Formerly Federal Institute of Geosciences and Natural Resources, Neue Sachlichkeit 32, 30655, Hannover, Germany

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  1. Department of Environmental System Sciences, ETH Zurich, ETH Zurich Universitaetstrasse 22, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland

    Roland W. Scholz

  2. Department of Knowledge and Information Management, Danube University Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30, 3500, Krems, Austria

    Roland W. Scholz

  3. Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Berliner Strasse 130, 14467, Potsdam, Germany

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Wellmer, F.W., Scholz, R.W. The interpretation of scarcity and the importance of resilience: An overlooked aspect of phosphorus supply security: A comment on Stamm et al. (2021). Ambio 51, 623–625 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01689-6

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