Will the EU ban on bird imports mean the demise of bird populations in EAZA collections?

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-28

  Walter, O ^a   Ellis, J A ^b   Bingaman Lackey, L ^c  

^a British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums   (United Kingdom)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c International Species Information System   (United States)

Author keywords

Ban on bird imports; Dealers; Derogation; Sustainable populations

Indexed keywords

AVES; ZOSTEROPIDAE;

EID: 59149100615     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2008.00085.x     Document Type: Review

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