Carnivore Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution
โ Scribed by John L. Gittleman (editor)
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 637
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
It will encourage realistic conservation programs to manage rapidly diminishing populations and will elucidate particular features of the carnivores for nonspecialist readers.
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