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Conservation Strategy of Threatened and Under-Represented Mammalian Species

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This section presents discussions and recommendations for developing conservation strategy action plans for those critically endangered, endangered, under-represented, or lesser known species of wildlife species of animals. The information conveyed is largely derived from the results of various gap analyses of threatened species in Chap. 5 of this book. However, this chapter does not discuss those conservation strategies of wildlife species of animals already in place; the recommendation of conservation strategies for plant and other species is provided in Chaps. 7 and 8.

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Tshewang, U., Tobias, M.C., Morrison, J.G. (2021). Conservation Strategy of Threatened and Under-Represented Mammalian Species. In: Bhutan: Conservation and Environmental Protection in the Himalayas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57824-4_6

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