Securing the Future for Nepal's Tigers: Lessons from the Past and Present

Tigers of the World

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 331-344

  David Smith, James L ^a   McDougal, Charles ^b   Gurung, Bhim ^a   Shrestha, Narayan ^c   Shrestha, Mahendra ^d   Allendorf, Teri ^e   Joshi, Anup ^a   Dhakal, Narayan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b International Trust for Nature Conservation   (Nepal)

^c Women Acting Together for Change   (Nepal)

^d National Fish and Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84882811159     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-8155-1570-8.00025-6     Document Type: Chapter

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