Geographies of conservation I: De-extinction and precision conservation

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 534-545

  Adams, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

conservation; de extinction; extinction; mammoth; novel ecosystems; rewilding; synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MAMMOTH; PROTECTED AREA; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 85021759514     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: 14770288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132516646641     Document Type: Article

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