Multimodel inference and adaptive management

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1360-1364

  Rehme, Sarah E ^a   Powell, Larkin A ^a   Allen, Craig R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive inference; Adaptive management; Hypothesis testing; Multimodel inference; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 79952073815     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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