Risk analysis of hunting of seal populations in the Baltic

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 917-927

  Kokko, Hanna ^a   Lindström, Jan ^a   Ranta, Esa ^a  

^a Division of Population Biology ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREY SEAL; GREY SEALS; HUNTING; MAMMALS; RINGED SEAL; RINGED SEALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE HUNTING;

BALTIC SEA;

GRYPUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0030838852     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96078.x     Document Type: Article

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