Consensus on Criteria for Potential Areas for Wolf Reintroduction in Mexico

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 630-637

  Araiza, Marcela ^a   Carrillo, Luis ^b,i   List, Rurik ^c   González, Carlos A López ^d   Meyer, Enrique Martínez ^e   Martínez Gutiérrez, Patricia G ^e,j   Moctezuma, Oscar ^f   Sánchez Morales, Nahum E ^g   Servín, Jorge ^h,k  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b Conservation Breeding Specialist Group México ^*  (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f Naturalia AC   (Mexico)

^g Tierra Silvestre A C   (Mexico)

^h UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

ⁱ Departamento del Hombre y Su Ambiente ^*  (Mexico)

^j DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^k DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

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Author keywords

Canis lupus bailely; Large carnivore; Mexican wolf; Prioritization; Species reintroduction

Indexed keywords

CANID; CARNIVORE; DECISION MAKING; EXTINCTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRIORITIZATION; REINTRODUCTION; WILD POPULATION;

BLUE MOUNTAINS [UNITED STATES]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 84864024051     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01888.x     Document Type: Article

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