Conservation medicine on the Galápagos Islands: Partnerships among behavioral, population, and veterinary scientists

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 625-638

  Parker, Patricia G ^a,b   Whiteman, Noah Kerness ^a   Miller, R Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICINE; NATURE CONSERVATION;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33746271934     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[625:CMOTGI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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