Is the Tasmanian tiger extinct? A biological-economic re-evaluation

Ecological Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 271-279

  Bulte, Erwin H ^a   Horan, Richard D ^b   Shogren, Jason F ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioeconomic; Bounty; Extermination; Nuisance; Pest; Thylacine

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; EXTINCTION; FELID; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

METATHERIA; OVIS ARIES; PANTHERA TIGRIS; THYLACINUS CYNOCEPHALUS;

EID: 0037933105     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(03)00076-4     Document Type: Article

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