Last chance to see . . .: Ex situ conservation and the fate of the baiji

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-108

  Dudgeon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 15944372660     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.687     Document Type: Editorial

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