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Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management

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Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management. / Downey, Harriet; Wilby, Andy.

In: Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Vol. 2, No. 1, e12032, 25.01.2021.

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Downey, H & Wilby, A 2021, 'Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management', Ecological Solutions and Evidence, vol. 2, no. 1, e12032. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12032

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Downey, H., & Wilby, A. (2021). Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2(1), [e12032]. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12032

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Downey H, Wilby A. Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management. Ecological Solutions and Evidence. 2021 Jan 25;2(1). e12032. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12032

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Downey, Harriet ; Wilby, Andy. / Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management. In: Ecological Solutions and Evidence. 2021 ; Vol. 2, No. 1.

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