In search of the optimal management strategy for Arabian oryx

Animal Conservation

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 239-249

  Treydte, Anna C ^a   Williams, Joseph B ^a   Bedin, Eric ^b   Ostrowski, Stéphane ^b   Seddon, Phillip J ^b   Marschall, Elizabeth A ^a   Waite, Thomas A ^a   Ismail, Khairy ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0040970441     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943001001287     Document Type: Article

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