Do fences or humans inhibit the movements of large mammals in Białowieża primeval forest?

Fencing for Conservation: Restriction of Evolutionary Potential Or a Riposte to Threatening Processes?

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 235-243

  Kowalczyk, R ^a   Schmidt, K ^a   Jedrzejewski W ^a  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

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EID: 84949205216     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0902-1_13     Document Type: Chapter

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