“Devil Tools & Tech”: A Synergy of Conservation Research and Management Practice

Conservation Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 133-138

  Hogg, Carolyn J ^a   Grueber, Catherine E ^b,d   Pemberton, David ^c   Fox, Samantha ^c   Lee, Andrew V ^c   Ivy, Jamie A ^d   Belov, Katherine ^b  

^a Zoo and Aquarium Association Australasia   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c DPIPWE   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; genomics; implementation gap; research; Tasmanian devil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953334507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12221     Document Type: Article

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