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Banks, Vera J., Butler, Margaret A., Kalbacher, Judith Z., United States, Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, and Agriculture and Rural Economy Division
Robert E. Seibels, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden (Columbia, S.C.), American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums, Librarians Special Interest Group, and Consortium of Aquariums, Universities, and Zoos