Conservation of malagasy prosimians: A view from the great red Island

Leaping Ahead: Advances in Prosimian Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 387-396

  Ratsimbazafy, Jonah H ^a   Arrigo Nelson, Summer J ^b   Dollar, Luke ^c   Holmes, Christopher M ^d   Irwin, Mitchell T ^e   Johnson, Steig E ^f   Stevens, Nancy J ^g   Wright, Patricia C ^h  

^a DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Pfeiffer University   (United States)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Madagascar)

^e NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^g OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84947735777     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4511-1_43     Document Type: Chapter

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