A quantitative approach to endangered species act classification of long-lived vertebrates: Application to the North Pacific humpback whale

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1203-1214

  Gerber, Leah R ^a,c   DeMaster, Douglas P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; POPULATION SIZE; VERTEBRATE; WHALE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032877352     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98277.x     Document Type: Article

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