Conservation Planning for US National Forests: Conducting Comprehensive Biodiversity Assessments

BioScience

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1217-1220

  Noon, Barry R ^a   Murphy, Dennis D ^b   Beissinger, Steven R ^c   Shaffer, Mark L ^d   Dellasala, Dominick ^e  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Defenders of Wildlife   (United States)

^e WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Forestry; Forests; Management; Policy

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0346463315     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[1217:CPFUNF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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