The importance of behavioral studies in conservation biology

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 801-809

  Sutherland, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION;

EID: 0031759516     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0896     Document Type: Article

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