Managing for extinction? Conflicting conservation objectives in a large marine reserve

Conservation Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 417-422

  Gerber, Leah R ^a   Estes, James ^b   Crawford, Tara Gancos ^a   Peavey, Lindsey E ^c   Read, Andrew J ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Endangered species conservation; Extinction; Hawaiian monk seal; Intervention; Marine mammal; Marine protected areas

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; MONACHUS; MONACHUS SCHAUINSLANDI;

EID: 84859824579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00197.x     Document Type: Editorial

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