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5 - Baselines and the Shifting Baseline Syndrome – Exploring Frames of Reference in Nature Conservation

from Part I - Challenges: Time and Memory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2017

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Tuija Hilding-Rydevik ,
Jon Moen  and
Carina Green
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Carole L. Crumley ,
Tommy Lennartsson  and
Anna Westin
Carole L. Crumley
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Tommy Lennartsson
Affiliation:
Swedish Biodiversity Centre, Uppsala
Anna Westin
Affiliation:
Swedish Biodiversity Centre, Uppsala
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Issues and Concepts in Historical Ecology
The Past and Future of Landscapes and Regions
 , pp. 112 - 142
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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