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Tools and terms for understanding illegal wildlife trade. / Phelps, Jacob Wesley; Biggs, Duan; Webb, Edward L.
In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Vol. 14, No. 9, 01.11.2016, p. 479-489.

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Phelps, JW, Biggs, D & Webb, EL 2016, 'Tools and terms for understanding illegal wildlife trade', Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 479-489. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1325

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Phelps, J. W., Biggs, D., & Webb, E. L. (2016). Tools and terms for understanding illegal wildlife trade. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 14(9), 479-489. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1325

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Phelps JW, Biggs D, Webb EL. Tools and terms for understanding illegal wildlife trade. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2016 Nov 1;14(9):479-489. Epub 2016 Sept 21. doi: 10.1002/fee.1325

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Phelps, Jacob Wesley ; Biggs, Duan ; Webb, Edward L. / Tools and terms for understanding illegal wildlife trade. In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2016 ; Vol. 14, No. 9. pp. 479-489.

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