Collaboration and Partnerships Are Essential to Sustain Wild Tiger Populations

Tigers of the World

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 175-184

  Kawanishi, Kae ^a   Seidensticker, John ^b  

^a Malaysian Conservation Alliance for Tigers (MYCAT)   (Malaysia)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 78651312407     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-8155-1570-8.00011-6     Document Type: Chapter

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