Removing Protections for Wolves and the Future of the U.S. Endangered Species Act (1973)

Conservation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 401-407

  Bruskotter, Jeremy T ^a   Vucetich, John A ^b   Enzler, Sherry ^c   Treves, Adrian ^d   Nelson, Michael P ^e  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Endangered species; Habitat suitability; Recovery; Science; Tolerance; Wolves

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904788695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12081     Document Type: Article

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