Strongly interacting species: Conservation policy, management, and ethics

BioScience

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 168-176

  Soulé, Michael E ^a,b   Estes, James A ^a,c   Miller, Brian ^d   Honnold, Douglas L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b US Geological Survey ^*  (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Wind River Ranch Foundation   (United States)

^e Earthjustice   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective densities; Endangered Species Act; Ethics; Interactive species; Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 13544273971     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2005)055[0168:SISCPM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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