Are recovery plans improving with practice?

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 641-647

  Schultz, Cheryl B ^a   Gerber, Leah R ^a,b  

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

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Endangered Species Act; Extinction; Recovery plan; USFWS

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; MONITORING; RECOVERY PLAN;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0036628280     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[0641:ARPIWP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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