A conceptual framework for the emerging discipline of conservation physiology

Conservation Physiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Coristine, Laura E ^a   Robillard, Cassandra M ^a   Kerr, Jeremy T ^a   O'Connor, Constance M ^b   Lapointe, Dominique ^c   Cooke, Steven J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecology; Global change; Physiological tolerance; Policy; Resource management; Restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983474742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20511434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cou033     Document Type: Article

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