Conservation policy in time and space: Lessons from divergent approaches to salvage logging on public lands

Ecology and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  Robinson, George ^a   Zappieri, Jeffrey ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Adirondack park; Forest disturbance; Forest health legislation; Public land use; Salvage logging; Science and public policy; Wildfire; Windstorm

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149137569     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00120-030103     Document Type: Article

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