Challenges and opportunities in integrating ecological knowledge across scales

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 181, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 223-238

  Hobbs, N Thompson ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Heterogeneity; Model selection; Resource management; Scale; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE;

ECOLOGY;

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SCALE EFFECT; UNGULATE;

UNGULATA;

EID: 0013258052     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00135-X     Document Type: Article

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