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Missing the link: the importance of keeping ecosystems intact and what the Endangered Species Act suggests we do about it.
Environmental Law
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June 22, 2007|
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I. INTRODUCTION
II. BACKGROUND
A. Listing Species Under the ESA
B. Defining "Species" to Include "Distinct Population Segments"
C. The DPS Policy
III. SPECIES INTERACTIVITY AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING
A. While You Were Sleeping
B. Waking Up: Scientists Are Analyzing These Data and Providing
Good Food for Policy
1. Keystone Species
a. Top Predators
b. Ecosystem Engineers
c. Competitors and Facilitators
2. Species Interactivity on a Continuum
IV. THE DPS POLICY MUST BE CHANGED TO CONSIDER ...
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