Assessing the effectiveness of conservation measures: Resolving the " wicked" problem of the Steller sea lion

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1664-1674

  Boyd, I L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alaska; Conservation; Ecology; Extinction; Mammal; Marine; Pacific; Policy; Population; Problem; Risk; Viability; Wicked

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION RISK; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; JUVENILE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PINNIPED; POLICY STRATEGY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; STOCHASTICITY; TRADE-OFF;

ALASKA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954814411     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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