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+Please cite as:
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+Tracy Teal (eds): "Data Carpentry: Ecology Workshop overview."
+Version 2017.04.0, April 2017,
+http://www.datacarpentry.org/ecology-workshop/,
+FIXME: Add Zenodo DOI.
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+## Data Carpentry Ecology Workshop overview 2017.04.0
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+Initial release of the Data Carpentry Ecology Workshop overview
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