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Understanding Restoration Volunteering in a Context of Environmental Change: In Pursuit of Novel Ecosystems or Historical analogues?

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  1. Dorothy refers to Judith (another local volunteer) because she is known as very strict about specific provenance.

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Buizer, M., Kurz, T. & Ruthrof, K. Understanding Restoration Volunteering in a Context of Environmental Change: In Pursuit of Novel Ecosystems or Historical analogues?. Hum Ecol 40, 153–160 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-011-9445-4

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