Lion trophy hunting in West Africa: A response to Bouché et al.
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1 Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Zoology, University of Oxford, Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Tubney, United Kingdom, 2 Panthera, New York, New York, United States of America, 3 Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, 4 African Protected Areas & Wildlife, Saint Cloud, France, 5 Laboratory of Applied Ecology, University of AbomeyCalavi, Cotonou, Benin, 6 Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands
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دوره 12 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2017