TNR and conservation on a university campus: A political ecological perspective

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Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dombrosky, Jonathan ^a   Wolverton, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestication; Ethnobiology; Free ranging cats; Political ecology; Small animal conservation; TNR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; CAT; CHILD; DOMESTICATION; ECOLOGY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREDATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 84897943407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.312     Document Type: Article

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