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Original Articles

Diversity of practitioners publishing in five leading international journals of applied ecology and conservation biology, 1987–2015 relative to global biodiversity hotspots

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Pages 323-340 | Received 11 Mar 2019, Accepted 10 Jul 2019, Published online: 14 Aug 2019

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