Normativity and the meaning of Endangered: Response to Waples et al. 2007

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1646-1648

  Nelson, Michael P ^a   Vucetich, John A ^b   Phillips, Michael K ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Turner Endangered Species Fund   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; NOTE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349001007     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00818.x     Document Type: Note

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