Confronting socially generated uncertainty in adaptive management

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1365-1370

  Tyre, Andrew J ^a   Michaels, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Diversity of opinion; Indeterminism; Probability and risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AMERICAN ALLIGATORS; CASE-STUDIES; DIVERSITY OF OPINION; INDETERMINISM; NATURAL WORLD; PROBABILITY AND RISK; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY; WILDLIFE SPECIES;

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CROCODILIAN; DOLPHIN; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURAL RESOURCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TELEOST; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; DOLPHIN; ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNCERTAINTY; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS ALBUS;

EID: 79952073892     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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