Rethinking conservation practice in light of climate change

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 320-329

  Dunwiddie, Peter W ^a   Hall, Sonia A ^b   Ingraham, Molly W ^c   Bakker, Jonathan D ^a   Nelson, Kara S ^b   Fuller, Roger ^b   Gray, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c Department of science with The nature conservancy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conservation management; Global warming; Pacific Northwest; Restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 68649086472     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.27.3.320     Document Type: Article

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