Why scientific information does not necessarily impact the decisions by human society

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  • Thiago Gonçalves-Souza Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Department of Biology
  • José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque Federal University of Pernambuco

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https://doi.org/10.15451/ebc2020-05-9.11-1-5

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05/01/2020

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Gonçalves-Souza, T., Diniz-Filho, J. A. F., & Albuquerque, U. P. (2020). Why scientific information does not necessarily impact the decisions by human society. Ethnobiology and Conservation, 9. https://doi.org/10.15451/ebc2020-05-9.11-1-5

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