Response to Vignieri et al. (2006): Should hypothesis testing or selective post hoc interpretation of results guide the allocation of conservation effort?

Animal Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 244-247

  Ramey II, Rob Roy ^a   Wehausen, J D ^b   Liu, H P ^c   Epps, C W ^d   Carpenter, L M ^e  

^a DENVER ZOO   (United States)

^b Visit Scho Dept Integrat Biol   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Endangered Species Act; Subspecies; Taxonomy; Zapus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746271573     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2006.00056.x     Document Type: Note

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