Should wildlife biologists use free software?

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-76

  Tufto, Jarle ^a   Cavallini, Paolo ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Faunalia   (Italy)

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EID: 16244380228     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2005)11[67:SWBUFS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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