Evaluating the efficacy of adaptive management approaches: Is there a formula for success?

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1354-1359

  McFadden, Jamie E ^a   Hiller, Tim L ^a   Tyre, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Resilience; Structured decision making; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURAL RESOURCE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PEER REVIEW; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79952067977     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.10.038     Document Type: Article

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