Conservation status and causes of decline of musk deer (Moschus spp.) in China

Biological Conservation

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 333-342

  Yang, Qisen ^a   Meng, Xiuxiang ^a   Xia, Lin ^a   Feng, Zuojian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Conservation; Habitat; Musk deer; Population; Status

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; DEER; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

MOSCHUS; MOSCHUS BEREZOVSKII; MOSCHUS CHRYSOGASTER; MOSCHUS FUSCUS; MOSCHUS MOSCHIFERUS; MOSCHUS SIFANICUS;

EID: 0037332814     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00159-3     Document Type: Article

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