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Planning forwards: biodiversity research and monitoring systems for better management

TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION (2010)

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TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 199-200

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON

DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.11.005

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