Protecting endangered species: Do the main legislative tools work?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Gibbs, Katherine E ^a   Currie, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FUNDING; HABITAT; LAW; NONHUMAN; PEER REVIEW; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEGAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES;

EID: 84860496637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035730     Document Type: Review

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