Adaptive ecosystem management in the Pacific Northwest: A case study from Coastal Oregon

Ecology and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages

  Gray, Andrew N ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Adaptive management area; Ecosystem management; Forest ecology; Landscape ecology; Models; Monitoring; Old growth forest; Public involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249901957     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00224-040206     Document Type: Article

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