The ethical dimensions of wildlife disease management in an evolutionary context

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 788-798

  Crozier, G K D ^a   Schulte Hostedde, Albrecht I ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Chaires de recherche du Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Culling; Decision tree; Vaccination; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906654725     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12171     Document Type: Article

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