Ecology, conservation and public policy

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 32, Issue , 2001, Pages 481-517

  Ludwig, D ^a   Mangel, M ^a   Haddad, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Regulatory decision making; Scientific uncertainty; Scientism; Social construction

Indexed keywords

INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH;

EID: 0035679511     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.32.081501.114116     Document Type: Review

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