Animal behavior can inform conservation policy, we just need to get on with the job - or can it?

Current Zoology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 479-485

  Nelson, Ximena J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84905716636     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/60.4.479     Document Type: Editorial

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