Modelling the past and future of whales and whaling

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 365-371

  Baker, C Scott ^a   Clapham, Phillip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECONSTRUCTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WHALING;

CETACEA;

EID: 3042644325     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2004.05.005     Document Type: Review

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