Biodiversity and bears - A conservation paradigm shift

Ursus

Volumn 11, Issue , 1999, Pages 21-28

  Simberloff, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bear; Biodiversity; Conservation; Ecosystem management; Flagship species; Keystone species; Umbrella species

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144412343     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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