An Emerging Role of Zoos to Conserve Biodiversity

  • Condes, D. A.
  • Flesness, N.
  • Colcliero, F.
  • Jones, O. R.
  • Scheuerlein, A.

  • 1Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. Rostock 18057, Germany. 2International Species Information System, Eagan, MN 55121, USA.

    *Author for correspondence: [email protected]

Roughly one in seven threatened terrestrial vertebrate species are held in captivity, a resource for ex situ conservation efforts.

Science 331(6023):p 1390-1391, March 18, 2011.
Copyright © 2011 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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