Distress unites animal conservation and welfare towards synthesis and collaboration

Animal Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-27

  Linklater, W L ^a,b   Gedir, J V ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 79951561207     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2010.00399.x     Document Type: Letter

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