Translocation of non-threatened species for 'humanitarian' reasons: What are the conservation risks?

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 217-218

  Whiting, Martin J ^a,b  

^a Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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