Comparative mortality levels among selected species of captive animals

Demographic Research

Volumn 15, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kohler, Iliana V ^a   Preston, Samuel H ^a   Lackey, Laurie Bingaman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Internatioanl Species Information System ISIS   (United States)

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EID: 33751327026     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/demres.2006.15.14     Document Type: Article

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