Effects on species' conservation of reinterpreting the phrase "significant portion of its range" in the U.S. endangered species act

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1374-1377

  Greenwald, D Noah ^a  

^a Center for Biological Diversity   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; SPECIES EXTINCTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; HOMING BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70649089464     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01353.x     Document Type: Article

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