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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2010

David Hill
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RPS Group plc, UK
Matthew Fasham
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RPS Group plc, UK
Graham Tucker
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Ecological Solutions, UK
Michael Shewry
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Scottish Natural Heritage
Philip Shaw
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Handbook of Biodiversity Methods
Survey, Evaluation and Monitoring
, pp. 530 - 550
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Print publication year: 2005

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