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Landscape genetic approaches in conservation biology and management

CONSERVATION GENETICS (2013)

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CONSERVATION GENETICS

Volume 14, Issue 2, Pages 249-251

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SPRINGER

DOI: 10.1007/s10592-013-0473-z

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