The decline and impending extinction of the South China tiger

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Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 243-252

  Tilson, Ronald ^a   Traylor Holzer, Kathy ^a   Jiang, Qiu Ming ^b  

^a Minnesota Zoo   (United States)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED MAMMAL; EXTINCTION; POPULATION DECLINE; SOUTH CHINA TIGER;

CHINA;

MAMMALIA; PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PANTHERA TIGRIS AMOYENSIS;

EID: 0030659750     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.1997.d01-123.x     Document Type: Article

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