Animal welfare and decision making in wildlife research

Biological Conservation

Volumn 153, Issue , 2012, Pages 254-256

  McMahon, Clive R ^a,b   Harcourt, Robert ^c   Bateson, Patrick ^d   Hindell, Mark A ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal ethics; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ETHICS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; NATURE CONSERVATION; PHILOSOPHY; RESEARCH WORK;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84862732843     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.05.004     Document Type: Review

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