Elemental conservation units: Communicating extinction risk without dictating targets for protection

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-47

  Wood, Chris C ^a   Gross, Mart R ^b  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation policy; Designatable unit; Distinct population segment; Ecological exchangeability; Elemental conservation unit; Endangered species; Evolutionarily significant unit; Replaceability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOETHICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SALMON; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOETHICS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; SALMON;

EID: 38849200373     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00856.x     Document Type: Review

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