Modelling the effect of fences on the viability of spatially structured populations of African wild dogs

Fencing for Conservation: Restriction of Evolutionary Potential Or a Riposte to Threatening Processes?

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 187-196

  Somers, Michael J ^a   Gusset, Markus ^b   Dalerum, Fredrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84865745651     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0902-1_10     Document Type: Chapter

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