Are animals in zoos rather conspicuous than endangered?

Endangered Species: New Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 299-341

  Frynta, D ^a   Maresova J ^a   Landova E ^a   Liskova S ^a   Simkova O ^a   Ticha I ^a   Zelenkova M ^a   Fuchs, R ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

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