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Published: Mar 16, 2020
Vol/Issue: 4(4)
Pages: 502-511
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Authors

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092 Balboa, Ancón, Panama; Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA; Institute of Biology, Leiden University, 2300 Leiden, The Netherlands

Esteban Fernández-Juricic

Jennifer B. Tennessen

Department of Biology, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725;

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Award: NNX17AG36G

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Davide M. Dominoni, Wouter Halfwerk, Emily Baird, et al. (2020). Why conservation biology can benefit from sensory ecology. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4(4), 502-511. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1135-4

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