Urgent call for further breeding of the relic zoo population of the critically endangered Barbary lion (Panthera leo leo Linnaeus 1758)

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-58

  Burger, Joachim ^a   Hemmer, Helmut ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lion conservation; Molecular phylogeny; Panthera; Supportive breeding

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO LEO;

EID: 33644543428     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-005-0009-z     Document Type: Article

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