The ethics of biological control: Understanding the moral implications of our most powerful ecological technology

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 2-19

  Lockwood, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 0001795938     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01530463     Document Type: Article

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