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Insights and Applications

Community Biodiversity Inventories as Entry Points for Local Ecosystem Stewardship in a South African Communal Area

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Pages 1030-1042 | Received 02 Jun 2013, Accepted 02 Jun 2014, Published online: 29 Apr 2015

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