Uncertainty, ecology, sustainability and policy

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1143-1167

  Dovers, S R ^a   Norton, T W ^a   Handmer, J W ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biodiversity; ecology; policy; sustainability; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECOLOGY ROLE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY; UNCERTAINTY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030301210     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00051569     Document Type: Article

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