Communicating ecological indicators to decision makers and the public

Conservation Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Schiller, Andrew ^a   Hunsaker, Carolyn T ^e   Kane, Michael A ^b   Wolfe, Amy K ^c   Dale, Virginia H ^c   Suter, Glenn W ^e   Russell, Clifford S ^d   Pion, Georgine ^d   Jensen, Molly H ^d   Konar, Victoria C ^d  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Common language; Communication; Decision making; Ecological indicators; Ecological monitoring; Environmental assessments; Environmental values; Public input

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003043571     PISSN: 11955449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-00247-050119     Document Type: Review

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