How Many Wild Tigers Are There? An Estimate for 2008

Tigers of the World

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 295-299

  Seidensticker, John ^a   Gratwicke, Brian ^a,b   Shrestha, Mahendra ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b National Fish and Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

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EID: 80355133998     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-8155-1570-8.00022-0     Document Type: Chapter

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