Science and restoration under a big, demon haunted tent: Reply to Giardina et al. (2007)

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 377-381

  Cabin, Robert J ^a  

^a Brevard College   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Hawaii; Inclusive restoration; Philosophy of sciece; Politics; Practical relevance; Reductionism; Trial and error experimentation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547492176     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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