Crocodile tears and skins: International trade, economic constraints, and limits to the sustainable use of crocodilians

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 465-470

  Thorbjarnarson, John ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

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EID: 0032998547     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.00011.x     Document Type: Review

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