Ecosystem services and emergent vulnerability in managed ecosystems: A geospatial decision-support tool

Ecosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 923-938

  Beier, Colin M ^b,c   Patterson, Trista M ^d   Chapin III, F Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Adirondack Ecological Center   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Anthropogenic change; Ecosystem services; Even aged forest management; Resilience; Social ecological systems; Southeast Alaska; Subsistence; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; LAND USE CHANGE; LOGGING (TIMBER); SUBSISTENCE; VULNERABILITY;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52949119910     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-008-9170-z     Document Type: Article

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