Triage for conserving populations of threatened species: The case of woodland caribou in Alberta

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1603-1611

  Schneider, Richard R ^a   Hauer, Grant ^a   Adamowicz, W L Vic ^a   Boutin, Stan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal; Conservation offsets; Population viability; Rangifer tarandus; Triage

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; DEER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST RESOURCE; HABITAT RESTORATION; PETROLEUM; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PRIORITIZATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 77954815248     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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