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The real threat to saiga antelopes

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    E. J. Milner-Gulland

  2. Institute of Zoology and Genetic Fund of Animals, Academgorodok, 480032, Almaty, Kazakhstan

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Milner-Gulland, E., Bekenov, A. & Grachov, Y. The real threat to saiga antelopes. Nature 377, 488–489 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/377488a0

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