Mammal and bird species held in zoos are less endemic and less threatened than their close relatives not held in zoos

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Animal Conservation

• Publication date

  2014-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/acv.12069
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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