A tiger in the drawing room can luxury tourism benefi t wildlife?

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 47, Issue 38, 2012, Pages 38-43

  Karanth, K Ullas ^a   Karanth, Krithi K ^b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (India)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84874355364     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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