Indian science for Indian tigers?: Conservation biology and the question of cultural values

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-207

  Lewis, Michael ^a  

^a SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombay Natural History Society; Conservation Biology; India; Indian Forestry Service; Indira Gandhi; Project Tiger; Smithsonian Institution

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144464873     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10739-004-1486-8     Document Type: Article

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