Evolving approaches toward science-based forest management

Forest Snow and Landscape Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 9-20

  Szaro, Robert C ^a   Peterson, Charles E ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Pacific Northwest examples; Science based resource management

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; POLICY MAKING;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

EID: 3543065854     PISSN: 14245108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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