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An Assessment of Leporid Research and Landscape Ecology Metrics in a European Landscape Cover

An Assessment of Leporid Research and Landscape Ecology Metrics in a European Landscape

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|Sep 2013

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10285-012-0060-x | Journal eISSN: 1805-4196 | Journal ISSN: 1803-2427 (formerly 1805-4196)
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Published on: Sep 27, 2013
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