Building resilience through interlocal relations: Case studies of polar bear and walrus management in the Bering Strait

Marine Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1080-1089

  Meek, Chanda L ^a   Lovecraft, Amy Lauren ^a   Robards, Martin D ^a   Kofinas, Gary P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Co management; Cross scale interactions; Marine mammals; Social ecological systems; Transborder conservation; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BORDER REGION; COMANAGEMENT; MARINE MAMMAL; POLAR REGION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALASKA; CHUKCHI; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ODOBENIDAE; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 50949099399     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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