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Part I - Instrumental Value Defenses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2017

Jonathan A. Newman
Affiliation:
University of Guelph, Ontario
Gary Varner
Affiliation:
Texas A & M University
Stefan Linquist
Affiliation:
University of Guelph, Ontario
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Defending Biodiversity
Environmental Science and Ethics
, pp. 43 - 204
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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2.9 Further reading

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3.8 Further Reading

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4.6 Further Reading

Gershell, L.J. and Atkins, J.H., 2003. A brief history of novel drug discovery technologies. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2(4), pp. 321327.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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5.5 Further Reading

Fennell, D.A. 2015. Ecotourism, 4th edn. Abingdon, Routledge.Google Scholar
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