Are gray wolves endangered in the northern rocky mountains? A role for social science in listing determinations

BioScience

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 941-948

  Bruskotter, Jeremy T ^a   Toman, Eric ^a   Enzler, Sherry A ^b   Schmidt, Robert H ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conservation policy; Endangered Species Act; listing determination; social sciences; wolves

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 78650143263     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2010.60.11.10     Document Type: Article

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