Trends in wildlife management and the appropriateness of Australian university training

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 842-849

  Baxter, G S ^a   Hockings, M ^a   Carter, R W ^a   Beeton, R J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0032774073     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98274.x     Document Type: Article

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