The application of environmental ethics in biological conservation: A case study from the southernmost tip of the Americas

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2559-2573

  Haider, Sylvia ^a   Jax, Kurt ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beaver; Cape Horn Archipelago; Chile; Conservation conflicts; Conservation ethics; Environmental ethics; Evaluation; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ETHICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATURE CONSERVATION;

CAPE HORN; CHILE; HORN ISLAND; MAGALLANES; SOUTH AMERICA; WOLLASTON ISLANDS;

CASTOR CANADENSIS;

EID: 34447322548     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9088-8     Document Type: Article

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