Protection of biota on nonpark public lands: Examples from the US Department of Energy Oak Ridge Reservation

Environmental Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-218

  Mann, Linda K ^a   Parr, Patricia D ^a   Pounds, Larry R ^a,b,c   Graham, Robin L ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c JAYCOR   (United States)

Author keywords

Cedar barrens; Conservation; Federal lands; Threatened and endangered species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST; LAND USE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NATURE CONSERVATION;

USA, TENNESSEE, OAK RIDGE;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0029662594     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01204005     Document Type: Review

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