Inadvertent Advocacy

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-46

  Wilhere, George F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Endangered species; Policy; Values

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; ETHNICITY; POLICY MAKING; RAPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL;

STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA;

EID: 84856364678     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01805.x     Document Type: Article

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