How assessment and reflection relate to more effective learning in adaptive management

Koedoe

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Biggs, Harry ^a   Breen, Charles ^b   Slotow, Rob ^b   Freitag, Stefanie ^a   Hockings, Marc ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LEARNING; NATIONAL PARK;

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79959597430     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v53i2.1001     Document Type: Article

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