Scenario planning: A tool for conservation in an uncertain world

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 358-366

  Peterson, Garry D ^a   Cumming, Graeme S ^b   Carpenter, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; PLANNING METHOD;

EID: 0042761751     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.01491.x     Document Type: Review

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