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Risks associated with failed interdisciplinary approaches in conservation research

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Acknowledgments

Dr M. Delibes and Sue Silver provided helpful comments on previous versions of the manuscript. I thank Dr T. Heberlein for his suggestions and support. M. Delibes-Mateos is supported by the Talentia Postdoc Program launched by the Andalusian Knowledge Agency, and co-funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program, Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (COFUND—Grant Agreement n267226) and the Ministry of Economy, Innovation, Science and Employment of the Junta de Andalucía.

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  1. Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados (IESA-CSIC), Campo Santo de los Mártires 7, 14004, Córdoba, Spain

    Miguel Delibes-Mateos

  2. CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBio Laboratório Associado, University of Porto, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal

    Miguel Delibes-Mateos

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Delibes-Mateos, M. Risks associated with failed interdisciplinary approaches in conservation research. Biodivers Conserv 26, 247–250 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-016-1233-4

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