"Green fire" returns to the Southwest: Reintroduction of the Mexican wolf

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 799-807

  Parsons, David R ^a  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis lupus baileyi; Litigation; Mexican gray wolf; Non essential experimental population; Propagation; Public attitudes; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 0032927682     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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