Ecology, evolution, economics, and ungulate management

Wildlife Science: Linking Ecological Theory and Management Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 183-202

  Festa Bianchet, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

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