Linking ecological science to decision-making: Delivering environmental monitoring information as societal feedback

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 399-408

  Vaughan, Hague ^a   Whitelaw, Graham ^b   Craig, Brian ^a   Stewart, Craig ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; Demand driven; Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network; Environmental monitoring; Landscapes; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

BIOSPHERE;

ECOLOGY;

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SCIENCE; SOCIETY; TIME;

CANADA; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

CANADA;

EID: 0141503167     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025593728986     Document Type: Article

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