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Some personal reflections on the history of Bioeconomics

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This is a rather impressionist report of my recollections of the history of the bioeconomics field.

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Tullock, G. Some personal reflections on the history of Bioeconomics. Journal of Bioeconomics 1, 13–18 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010001905194

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