The value of species and the ethical foundations of assisted colonization;El valor de las especies y los fundamentos éticos de la colonización asistida

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 424-431

  Sandler, Ronald ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted colonization; Biodiversity; Ecosystem management; Value of species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; HUMANS;

EID: 77954156372     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01351.x     Document Type: Article

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