The role of adaptive management as an operational approach for resource management agencies

Ecology and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Johnson, Barry L ^a  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Decision making; Ecological resilience; Ecosystem management; Flexibility; Replicated systems; Resource management agencies; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947491838     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00136-030208     Document Type: Review

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