Implementing ecosystem management in public agencies: Lessons from the U.S. bureau of land management and the forest service

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-69

  Koontz, Tomas M ^a   Bodine, Jennifer ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bureau of Land Management; Ecosystem management; Federal agencies; Natural resource agencies; Stakeholder collaboration; U.S. Forest Service

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; GOVERNMENT; METHODOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38849166653     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00860.x     Document Type: Article

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