Science driven restoration: A candle in a demon haunted world-response to Cabin (2007)

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-176

  Giardina, Christian P ^a   Litton, Creighton M ^b   Thaxton, Jarrod M ^c   Cordell, Susan ^a   Hadway, Lisa J ^d   Sandquist, Darren R ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^d Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Ecosystem function; Forest restoration; Hawaii; Landscape restoration; Restoration practice; Restoration science; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249693522     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00227.x     Document Type: Note

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