No place for predators?

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 0199-0204

  Gross, Liza ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUNTING; BIODIVERSITY; CARNIVORA; CARNIVORE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOX; HABITAT; LANDSCAPE; LAW; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR; PREY; PUMA; RACCOON; REVIEW; WILDLIFE; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; PREDATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40149099329     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060040     Document Type: Review

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