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. 2010 Sep 14;8(9):e1000485.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000485.

Bringing the tiger back from the brink-the six percent solution

Joe Walston  1 , John G Robinson, Elizabeth L Bennett, Urs Breitenmoser, Gustavo A B da Fonseca, John Goodrich, Melvin Gumal, Luke Hunter, Arlyne Johnson, K Ullas Karanth, Nigel Leader-Williams, Kathy Mackinnon, Dale Miquelle, Anak Pattanavibool, Colin Poole, Alan Rabinowitz, James L D Smith, Emma J Stokes, Simon N Stuart, Chanthavy Vongkhamheng, Hariyo Wibisono
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Bringing the tiger back from the brink-the six percent solution

Joe Walston et al. PLoS Biol. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1. Location of 42 source sites, embedded within the larger tiger conservation landscapes (TCLs), areas that encompass the ecological habitats suitable for tigers.
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