Why conservation scientists should re-embrace their ecocentric roots.

Conserv Biol

University of Florida, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, 107 Anderson Hall, P.O. Box 117410, Gainesville, FL 32611-7410, U.S.A.

Published: August 2018

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