Why not the best? How science failed the Florida panther

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1525-1531

  Gross, Liza ^a  

^a Public Library of Science ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL HUNTING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PANTHER; REVIEW; RISK; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; PUMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PUMA CONCOLOR CORYI;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; PUMA;

EID: 24944490467     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030333     Document Type: Review

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