The disconnect between restoration goals and practices: A case study of watershed restoration in the Russian River basin, California

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-102

  Christian Smith, Juliet ^a   Merenlender, Adina M ^b  

^a Pacific Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Geographic information systems; Mediterranean climate streams; Post project monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GIS; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; RUSSIAN RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74049150535     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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