Commentary: The flavors and colors of facts in wildlife science

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 288-297

  Guthery, Fred S ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^e Staff Wellness Program   (United States)

^f Wildlife Society's Texas Chapter   (United States)

Author keywords

Facts; Hypothetico deductive experiments; Ockham's razor; Philosophy of science; Wildlife science

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 2142761165     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)32[288:CTFACO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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