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Insect Conservation Ethics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Michael J. Samways
Michael J. Samways
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Professor of Entomology, Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, Natal 3200, Republic of South Africa.
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Environmental Conservation , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , Spring 1990 , pp. 7 - 8
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1990

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