Mammal-eating killer whales, industrial whaling, and the sequential megafaunal collapse in the North Pacific Ocean: A reply to critics of Springer et al. 2003

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 414-442

  Springer, A M ^a   Estes, J A ^b   Van Vliet, G B ^c   Williams, T M ^d   Doak, D F ^d   Danner, E M ^d   Pfister, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Prescott College Center for Cultural and Ecological Studies ^*

^d Prescott College Center for Cultural and Ecological Studies   (United States)

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MAMMALIA; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 42449129162     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00185.x     Document Type: Letter

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