The Baltic harbour porpoise and the precautionary principle in conservation: A response to Palmé et al.

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Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 489-

  Berggren, Per ^a   Wang, John Y ^b,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FormosaCetus Research and Conservation Group   (Canada)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 53949120863     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308423074     Document Type: Letter

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