Population-Level Ecological Risk AssessmentCRC Press, 2007 M09 25 - 376 pages Most ecological risk assessments consider the risk to individual organisms or organism-level attributes. From a management perspective, however, risks to population-level attributes and processes are often more relevant. Despite many published calls for population risk assessment and the abundance of available scientific research and technical tool |
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Contents
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THE MANAGEMENTSCIENCE INTERFACE | 7 |
SCIENTIFIC ISSUES IN POPULATIONLEVEL ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT | 69 |
APPROACHES TO POPULATIONLEVEL ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT | 151 |
A PATH FORWARD | 239 |
REFERENCES AND APPENDICES | 247 |
Index | 323 |
Setac | 340 |
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