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Making ecological science policy-relevant: issues of scale and disciplinary integration. / Stevens, Carly; Thomas, M.B.; Fraser, I.M. et al.
In: Landscape Ecology, Vol. 22, No. 6, 2007, p. 799-809.

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Stevens, C, Thomas, MB, Fraser, IM & Mitchley, J 2007, 'Making ecological science policy-relevant: issues of scale and disciplinary integration', Landscape Ecology, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 799-809. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-007-9092-8

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Stevens C, Thomas MB, Fraser IM, Mitchley J. Making ecological science policy-relevant: issues of scale and disciplinary integration. Landscape Ecology. 2007;22(6):799-809. doi: 10.1007/s10980-007-9092-8

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Stevens, Carly ; Thomas, M.B. ; Fraser, I.M. et al. / Making ecological science policy-relevant: issues of scale and disciplinary integration. In: Landscape Ecology. 2007 ; Vol. 22, No. 6. pp. 799-809.

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