Preliminary notes on the conservation status of Baird's tapir Tapirus bairdii in north-eastern Honduras

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Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 294-300

  Flesher, Kevin ^a  

^a Foran Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Baird's tapir; Colonization front; Conservation; Habitat fragmentation; Honduras; Tapirus bairdii; Viable populations

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; UNGULATE;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

TAPIRUS BAIRDII;

EID: 0032750584     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.1999.00077.x     Document Type: Article

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