Large ranches as conservation tools in the Venezuelan llanos

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Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 274-284

  Hoogesteijn, Rafael ^a,b   Chapman, Colin A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; GAME RANCHING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; LLANOS; MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE LAND; RANCHING; RANGELAND; RANGELAND MANAGEMENT; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE RANCHING;

VENEZUELA;

BOS TAURUS; CAIMAN; CAIMAN CROCODILUS; CROCODILUS; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS;

EID: 0030668244     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.1997.d01-16.x     Document Type: Article

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