Assessing ethical trade-offs in ecological field studies

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 227-234

  Parris, Kirsten M ^a   McCall, Sarah C ^a   McCarthy, Michael A ^a   Minteer, Ben A ^b   Steele, Katie ^c   Bekessy, Sarah ^d   Medvecky, Fabien ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Animal welfare; Conservation; Decision theory; Ecological ethics; Frogs; Toe clipping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CLIPPING; DECISION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; ETHICS; FROG; GENETIC ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION GROWTH; TRADE-OFF;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA;

EID: 77949278842     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01755.x     Document Type: Article

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