Success: An unclear, subjective descriptor of restoration outcomes

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 162-168

  Zedler, Joy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Clarity; Failure; Objectivity; Restoration science; Scientific communication; Success

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848878083     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.25.3.162     Document Type: Review

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