Monitoring elusive mammals

American Scientist

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 148-155

  Sanderson, James G ^a   Trolle, Mogens ^b  

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; MONITORING;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 14944373586     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2005.52.958     Document Type: Article

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