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Dung beetle conservation in a heterogeneous landscape of the Maputaland Centre of Endemism
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Escobar, Federico, Davis, Adrian, Deschodt, Christian M, Scholtz, Clarke H (2021): Dung beetle conservation in a heterogeneous landscape of the Maputaland Centre of Endemism. Bothalia (a15) 51 (2): 1-16, DOI: 10.38201/btha.abc.v51.i2.15, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.38201/btha.abc.v51.i2.15
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