Building bridges: Connecting the health and conservation professions

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 662-665

  Deem, Sharon L ^a,b,c   Parker, Patricia G ^a,c   Miller, R Eric ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

^b Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 54249099564     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00436.x     Document Type: Note

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