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    "HUN-REN-PE Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary. zsofia@vargaszilay.hu.",
    "Dr. Franjo Tuđman Defense and Security University, Zagreb, Croatia.",
    "Chair of Plant Health, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia.",
    "Coleopterological Research Center, Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Daugavpils, Latvia. arvids.barsevskis@du.lv.",
    "Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Târgu-Mureș, Romania.",
    "National Institute of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.",
    "Department of Landscape Architecture, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.",
    "Institute of Forest Ecology, SAS, Zvolen, Slovakia.",
    "HUN-REN-ELTE-MTM Integrative Ecology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary.",
    "Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.",
    "Independent researcher, Kecskemét, Hungary.",
    "Center of Applied Economic Studies of the Atlantic, University of the Azores, Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Azores, Portugal. pozsgaig@coleoptera.hu."
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      "name": "Zsófia Varga-Szilay"
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  "doi": "10.1038/s41597-026-07887-9",
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  "title": "A multilingual, multi-country dataset on gardening and biodiversity awareness across Central and Eastern Europe.",
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