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Listening to Ecosystems: Ecological Restoration and the Uniqueness of a Place

Valentin Schaefer and Angeline Tillmanns
Ecological Restoration, March 2015, 33 (1) 3-9; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.33.1.3
Valentin Schaefer
(Corresponding Author), School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, PO Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, .
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Angeline Tillmanns
School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, PO Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2.
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