Ecological Uses of Vertebrate Indicator Species: A Critique

Conservation Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 316-328

  LANDRES, PETER B ^a   VERNER, JARED ^b   THOMAS, JACK WARD ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

^c Range and Wildlife Habitat Laboratory ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84989463298     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.1988.tb00195.x     Document Type: Article

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