The usefulness of a threat and disturbance categorization developed for Queensland Wetlands to environmental management, monitoring, and evaluation

Environmental Management

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-55

  Lynch, A J J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Categorization; Disturbance; Environmental management; Framework; Threat; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CATEGORIZATION; DISTURBANCE; FRAMEWORK; THREAT;

ECOSYSTEMS; WETLANDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; HARVESTING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROGRAPHY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAW; STANDARDIZATION; URBANIZATION; WETLAND;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFORMATION SERVICES; QUEENSLAND; WETLANDS;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 79151470211     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9562-7     Document Type: Article

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