The Multifaceted Nature of Biodiversity Conservation: Reply to Leroux and Schmiegelow
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JOHN F. LAMOREUX,∗†† JOHN C. MORRISON,† TAYLOR H. RICKETTS,† DAVID M. OLSON,†∗∗ ERIC DINERSTEIN,† MEGHAN W. MCKNIGHT,‡ AND HERMAN H. SHUGART∗ ∗Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 291 McCormick Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, U.S.A. †World Wildlife Fund–US, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037, U.S.A. ‡Curriculum in Ecology, Miller Hall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, U.S.A.
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