A decision-support system for prioritizing restoration sites on the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain;Sistema de apoyo a la toma de decisiones para la priorizacion de sitios a restaurar en la planicie aluvial del Rio Mississippi

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1446-1455

  Llewellyn, Daniel W ^a   Shaffer, Gary P ^a   Craig, Nancy Jo ^b   Creasman, Lisa ^b   Pashley, David ^b   Swan, Mark ^b   Brown, Cindy ^b  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DECISION-SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SITE PRIORITISATION; SITE PRIORITIZING; WETLAND FOREST; WETLAND RESTORATION;

USA, LOUISIANA, TENSAS BASIN; USA, MISSISSIPPI RIVER;

EID: 0030404715     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10051446.x     Document Type: Article

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