Improving our legacy: Incorporation of adaptive management into state wildlife action plans

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1403-1408

  Fontaine, Joseph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Non game wildlife; Structured decision making

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION;

'CURRENT; ACTION PLAN; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION PLANS; DECISIONS MAKINGS; LARGE-SCALES; NON-GAME WILDLIFE; STRUCTURED DECISION MAKING; UNCERTAINTY;

DECISION MAKING;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; LEARNING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNCERTAINTY; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

EID: 79952067660     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.10.015     Document Type: Article

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