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Theory meets reality in fragmented forests

ANIMAL CONSERVATION (2008)

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ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages 364-365

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WILEY-BLACKWELL

DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00206.x

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