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Original Articles

Birmingham Bog outdoor laboratory: potentials and possibilities for embedding field-based teaching within the undergraduate classroom

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Pages 442-459 | Received 22 May 2017, Accepted 19 Mar 2018, Published online: 28 Mar 2018

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