Conserving imperiled species: a comparison of the IUCN Red List and U.S. Endangered Species Act
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عنوان ژورنال: Conservation Letters
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1755-263X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263x.2011.00205.x