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EDITORIAL
Contents Vol 29(6)

Special issues in Pacific Conservation Biology – an update

Mike Calver https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9082-2902 A *
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A Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.

* Correspondence to: m.calver@murdoch.edu.au

Handling Editor: Alan Lymbery

Pacific Conservation Biology 29(6) ii-v https://doi.org/10.1071/PC23052
Submitted: 15 November 2023  Accepted: 16 November 2023  Published: 4 December 2023

© 2023 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing

Keywords: fraud, guest editor, papermill, publication ethics.

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Retraction Watch (2023) Exclusive: prof stole former student’s identity to edit two journal special issues. Available at https://retractionwatch.com/2023/02/16/exclusive-prof-stole-former-students-identity-to-edit-two-journal-special-issues/ [Accessed 15 November 2023]