Behavioral indicators and conservation: Wielding "The Biologist's Tricorder"

Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 237-244

  Kotler, Burt P ^a   Morris, Douglas W ^b   Brown, Joel S ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 46749153507     PISSN: 15659801     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJEE.53.3.237     Document Type: Editorial

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