Comment on Rojas-Bracho and Colleagues (2019): Unsubstantiated Claims Can Lead to Tragic Conservation Outcomes

Authors

Karl W. Flessa, University of Arizona
Luis Calderon-Aguilera, Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada
Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
David L. Dettman, University of Arizona
Gregory P. Dietl, Cornell University
David H. Goodwin, Denison University
David K. Jacobs, University of California, Los Angeles
Michal Kowalewski, University of Florida
Steven M. Nelson
Kirsten Rowell, University of Colorado Boulder
Bernard R. Schone, Johannes Gutenberg Universitat, Mainz
Jansen A. Smith, Cornell University
Francisco Zamora-Arroyo, Sonoran Institute

Document Type

Response or Comment

Publication Date

5-2019

Abstract

The vaquita’s decline is a tragic story indeed. However, the lack of action to prevent the extinction of this species is not due to unsubstantiated claims and scientific uncertainty.

Comments

Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz021

Recommended Citation

Flessa, Karl W., Luis E. Calderon, Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro, David L. Dettman, Gregory P. Dietl, David H. Goodwin, David K. Jacobs, et al. 2019. “Comment on Rojas-Bracho and Colleagues (2019): Unsubstantiated Claims Can Lead to Tragic Conservation Outcomes.” BioScience 69 (5): 321–22. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz021.

First Page

321

Last Page

322

Publication Title

BioScience

DOI

10.1093/biosci/biz021