Uncertainty as information: Narrowing the science-policy gap

Ecology and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages

  Bradshaw, G A ^a,c   Borchers, Jeffrey G ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Decision making; Environmental policy; Global climate change; Monitoring; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249134055     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00174-040107     Document Type: Review

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