The committee on the status of endangered wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC): A 21-year retrospective

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 318-341

  Shank, Christopher C ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; COSEWIC; Endangered species; Historical retrospective; Indeterminate species; Species at risk; Status determination; Threatened species; Vulnerable species

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001208658     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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