Monitoring the condition of natural resources in US national parks

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 151, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 161-174

  Fancy, Steven G ^a   Gross, J E ^a   Carter, S L ^a  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological monitoring; Environmental monitoring; Indicator; Monitoring design; National park; Protected areas; Protocol; Sampling design; Vital signs

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDICATOR; NATIONAL PARK; PROTECTED AREAS; PROTOCOL; SAMPLING DESIGN; VITAL SIGNS;

ARID REGIONS; DESIGN; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LANDFORMS; MONITORING;

PARKS;

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NATIONAL PARK; PARK MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62149116052     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0257-y     Document Type: Article

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