The role of protected areas as ecological baselines

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 587-602

  Arcese, Peter ^a   Sinclair, A R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Baseline reserves; Conservation goals; Ecological processes; Ecosystem management; Human effects; Management intervention; Monitoring; Nonintervention; Scientific understanding; Wildlife communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030864683     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802167     Document Type: Review

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