Is there potential for the historical range of variability to guide conservation given the social range of variability?

Ecology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Thompson, Jonathan R ^a,b   Duncan, Sally L ^b   Johnson, K Norman ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Future range of variability; Historical range of variability; Social acceptance; Social range of variability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69149096009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02482-140118     Document Type: Article

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