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Citizen Science-Based Monitoring of Cavity-Nesting Wild Bees and Wasps – Benefits for Volunteers, Insects, and Ecological Science Cover

Citizen Science-Based Monitoring of Cavity-Nesting Wild Bees and Wasps – Benefits for Volunteers, Insects, and Ecological Science

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|Sep 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.632 | Journal eISSN: 2057-4991
Language: English
Submitted on: Apr 7, 2023
Accepted on: Jul 17, 2024
Published on: Sep 4, 2024
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