What's in a Title?

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 761-762

  Merrill, Evelyn ^a   Knipps, Anna ^a  

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EID: 84903160377     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.743     Document Type: Editorial

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