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The Écoscience Online Journal consists of online preprint articles, current articles and electronic archives of back dated issues. Content is available in PDF format. The Écoscience Online Journal permits the subscriber and its authorized users (i.e., employees, faculty members and students accessing from a computer or a mobile internet device within the IP range provided by the subscriber, or with a username and password for individual subscribers) to access content for limited purposes. Écoscience grants a limited, non-exclusive right to access and use the content during the established subscription period.

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Permitted use :  The Subscriber may view, print, and download copies of PDF articles for personal use. Brief quotations (less than 100 words) from content of article are permitted to authorized users, provided that the source is fully acknowledged.

Usage restrictions : The Subscriber and authorized users may not make copies for general distribution, for advertising or other promotional purposes, for creating new collective works, or for any resale purpose. For such copying and/or use of material, separate agreements must be made with the Ecoscience through the Copyright Clearance Center.

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