Getting the story right: A response to vermeire and colleagues

BioScience

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 526-530

  Forrest, Steve ^a  

^a WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bison; Cynomys; Dynamic area; Historic population estimates; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

BISON; BUBALUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS;

EID: 19944370090     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2005)055[0526:GTSRAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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