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1 Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Program, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Box 7646, Raleigh, U.S.A., Email: [email protected] 2 Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, Email: [email protected] 3 Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, U.S.A., Email: [email protected]; [email protected] * Corresponding author: Email: [email protected]; Phone 919-515-7588, Fax 919-515-5110
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