The "capacity to reason" in conservation biology and policy: The southern elephant seal branding controversy

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-39

  Green, Julia Jabour ^a   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation value; Consilience; Controversy; Ethics; Mirounga leonina; Research; Southern elephant seals

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ETHICS; MARINE MAMMAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ELEPHANT; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 3343001097     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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