An eye-opening approach to developing and communicating integrated environmental assessments

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 307-314

  Dennison, William C ^a   Lookingbill, Todd R ^b   Carruthers, Tim J B ^a   Hawkey, Jane M ^a   Carter, Shawn L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NATIONAL PARK;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547633521     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2007)5[307:AEATDA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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