Climate change, uncertainty, and natural resource management

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-18

  Nichols, James D ^a   Koneff, Mark D ^b   Heglund, Patricia J ^c   Knutson, Melinda G ^c   Seamans, Mark E ^b   Lyons, James E ^b   Morton, John M ^d   Jones, Malcolm T ^b   Boomer, G Scott ^b   Williams, Byron K ^e  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c National Wildlife Refuge System   (United States)

^d Kenai National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive management; climate change; nonstationarity; structured decision making; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; HARVESTING; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERFOWL;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANATIDAE;

EID: 79951869344     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.33     Document Type: Article

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