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Wolf Reintroduction: Ecological Management and the Substitution Problem

Adam Pérou Hermans, Alexander Lee, Lydia Dixon and Benjamin Hale
Ecological Restoration, September 2014, 32 (3) 221-228; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.32.3.221
Adam Pérou Hermans
Adam Pérou Hermans, University of Colorado Boulder, Environmental Studies Program, 397 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, .
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Alexander Lee
Alexander Lee, University of Colorado Boulder, Environmental Studies Program, 397 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, .
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Lydia Dixon
Lydia A. Dixon, University of Colorado Boulder, Environmental Studies Program, 397 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, .
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Benjamin Hale (corresponding author), University of Colorado Boulder, Environmental Studies and Philosophy, 1333 Grandview Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309, .
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