Applied Implications and Subversive Science

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5 - Applied Implications and Subversive Science

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University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Information: Complex Ecology
Foundational Perspectives on Dynamic Approaches to Ecology and Conservation
, pp. 388 - 566

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108235754.007 [Opens in a new window]

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