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Acknowledgments

We thank the George B. Jr. and Helen C. Hartzog Institute for Parks at Clemson University for bringing the authors together. For thoughtful conversation and manuscript comments, we thank E. Dennis Baldwin, S. C. Trombulak, E. Fleischman, and two anonymous reviewers of a previous version.

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  1. Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Clemson University, 261 Lehotsky Hall, Clemson, SC, 29634-0317, USA

    Robert F. Baldwin

  2. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, Clemson University, 263 Lehotsky Hall, Clemson, SC, 29634-0735, USA

    Robert B. Powell

  3. Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Clemson University, 263 Lehotsky Hall, Clemson, SC, 29634-0735, USA

    Robert B. Powell

  4. School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 195 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA

    Stephen R. Kellert

  5. Bio-Logical Capital, 1555 Blake Street, Denver, CO, 80202, USA

    Stephen R. Kellert

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Baldwin, R.F., Powell, R.B. & Kellert, S.R. Habitat as Architecture: Integrating Conservation Planning and Human Health. AMBIO 40, 322–327 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-010-0103-7

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