An examination of ecological risk assessment and management practices

Environment International

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 983-995

  Hope, Bruce K ^a  

^a Air Quality Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; Landscape scale; Management; Probabilistic; Trends

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; LANDSCAPE SCALE; PROBABILISTIC; TRENDS;

ECOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HABITAT LOSS; HEALTH IMPACT; LANDSCAPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PARADIGM SHIFT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUROPE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750410280     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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