The time has come: extending the role of scientists in conservation practices

Varzinczak, Luiz H.

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Published: 26 May 2018

The time has come: extending the role of scientists in conservation practices

Luiz H. Varzinczak ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-2848-4102¹

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I thank Laura M. Schaedler for thoughtful discussions and the Brazilian Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) for a Scholarship.

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Ecology and Conservation Graduate Program, Rua Cel. H. Santos, Centro Politecnico, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, 80530-000, Brazil
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Received: 18 March 2018
Revised: 04 May 2018
Accepted: 23 May 2018
Published: 26 May 2018
Issue Date: September 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-018-1568-0