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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2015

Norman Maclean
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Chris Packham
Norman Maclean
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A Less Green and Pleasant Land
Our Threatened Wildlife
 , pp. 378 - 390
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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