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Contents
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Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change:
Challenges, Opportunities and Evidence Gaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Melissa R. Marselle, Jutta Stadler, Horst Korn, Katherine N. Irvine,
and Aletta Bonn
Part I Biodiversity and Physical Health
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Biodiversity, Physical Health and Climate Change:
A Synthesis of Recent Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sarah J. Lindley, Penny A. Cook, Matthew Dennis,
and Anna Gilchrist
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Climate Change and Pollen Allergies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Athanasios Damialis, Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann,
and Regina Treudler
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Vector-Borne Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Ruth Müller, Friederike Reuss, Vladimir Kendrovski,
and Doreen Montag
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The Influence of Socio-economic and Socio-demographic
Factors in the Association Between Urban Green
Space and Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Nadja Kabisch
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Green Spaces and Child Health and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Payam Dadvand, Mireia Gascon, and Iana Markevych
Part II Biodiversity, Mental Health and Spiritual Well-being
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Theoretical Foundations of Biodiversity
and Mental Well-being Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Melissa R. Marselle