Diagnosing Mechanisms of Decline and Planning for Recovery of an Endangered Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) Population

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE

سال: 2009

ISSN: 1932-6203

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007568