Considering legal viability and societal values when deciding what to conserve under the U.S. endangered species act

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1072-1074

  D'Elia, Jesse ^a   Zwartjes, Michele ^a   McCarthy, Scott ^a  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LEGAL ASPECT; NOTE; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48749127368     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00979.x     Document Type: Note

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