Captive breeding, zoos, and good sense

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 806-807

  Gippoliti, Spartaco ^a,b   Carpaneto, Giuseppe Maria ^a  

^a IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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EID: 0242528945     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96342.x     Document Type: Article

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