Grizzly Bear conservation in the Foothills Model Forest: Appraisal of a collaborative ecosystem management effort

Policy Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Clark, Douglas A ^a   Slocombe, D Scott ^b  

^a University of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Cheviot coal mine; Collaboration; Ecological integrity; Ecosystem based management; Environmental assessment; Foothills Model Forest; Grizzly bear; Jasper National Park; Policy sciences; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONTAINMENT; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS;

ALBERTA; CANADA; JASPER NATIONAL PARK;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 79651475796     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-010-9118-y     Document Type: Article

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