Reforming watershed restoration: Science in need of application and applications in need of science

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-17

  Palmer, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological theory; Ecosystem; Heterogeneity; Restoration; Scale; Species diversity; Watershed

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; POLICY MAKING; REFORM PROCESS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATERSHED;

EID: 58349120425     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9129-5     Document Type: Review

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