Barriers, the beef industry and unnatural selection: A review of the impact of veterinary fencing on mammals in Southern Africa

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 153-186

  Gadd, Michelle E ^a  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 84871312267     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0902-1_9     Document Type: Chapter

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