Feeding dragons in Komodo National Park: A tourism tool with conservation complications

Animal Conservation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-73

  Walpole, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; VARANUS KOMODOENSIS;

EID: 0005720537     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136794300100107X     Document Type: Article

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