Editorial: Research in Zoos

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Macdonald, Alastair A ^a,b   Hofer, Heribert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 79953069303     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2011.00145.x     Document Type: Editorial

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