Trends in the captive breeding of threatened and endangered birds in British zoos, 1988-1997

Zoo Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-89

  Whitfort, Harriet L ^a   Young, Robert J ^a,b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animal inventories; Captive breeding; Holding capacity; IUCN Red List

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 16544379370     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.10122     Document Type: Article

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