Assessing recovery following environmental accidents: Environmental variation, ecological assumptions, and strategies

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2037-2051

  Parker, Keith R ^a   Wiens, John A ^b  

^a Data Analysis Group   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological assumptions; Environmental accident; Equilibrium; Exxon Valdez; Impact; Recovery; Spatial and temporal variation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EQUILIBRIUM; OIL SPILL; RECOVERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30944454263     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1723     Document Type: Article

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