Conserving forest biodiversity across multiple land ownerships: Lessons from the Northwest Forest Plan and the Southeast Queensland regional forests agreement (Australia)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 580-592

  McAlpine, C A ^a   Spies, T A ^b   Norman, P ^c   Peterson, A ^a  

^a The Ecology Centre   (Australia)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Conflict; Land ownership; Science and policy; Sustainable forest management; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; LANDOWNERSHIP; MONITORING SYSTEM; POLICY APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEENSLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845310902     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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