The polar bear management agreement for the southern Beaufort Sea: An evaluation of the first ten years of a unique conservation agreement

Arctic

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 362-372

  Brower, C D ^a   Carpenter, A ^f   Branigan, M L ^b   Calvert, W ^c   Evans, T ^d   Fischbach, A S ^d,e   Nagy, J A ^b   Schliebe, S ^d   Stirling, Ian ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d Marine Mammals Management   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Agreement; Beaufort Sea; Inuvialuit Game Council; Management; North Slope Borough; Polar bears

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BEAUFORT SEA;

MAMMALIA; URSUS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 0036989911     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic720     Document Type: Article

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