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Ritual Releasing of Wild Animals Threatens Island Ecology

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  1. Department of Pharmacy, Tajen University, Yanpu, Pingtung, 907, Taiwan

    Govindasamy Agoramoorthy

  2. Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 804, Taiwan

    Minna J. Hsu

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Agoramoorthy, G., Hsu, M.J. Ritual Releasing of Wild Animals Threatens Island Ecology. Hum Ecol 35, 251–254 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-006-9068-3

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