A conceptual framework for understanding the perspectives on the causes of the science–practice gap in ecology and conservation

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• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society

• Publication date

  2018-05-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/brv.12385PMID 29160024
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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