Integrating science into management of ecosystems in the greater blue mountains

Environmental Management

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 659-674

  Chapple, Rosalie S ^a   Ramp, Daniel ^a   Bradstock, Ross A ^b   Kingsford, Richard T ^a   Merson, John A ^a   Auld, Tony D ^c   Fleming, Peter J S ^d   Mulley, Robert C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^d NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Biodiversity conservation; Bushfire management; Knowledge generation and uptake; Protected area management; Wild dog management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; BUSHFIRE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE GENERATION AND UPTAKE; PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT; WILD-DOG MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LANDFORMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

DECISION MAKING;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; COMPLEXITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PROTECTED AREA; STAKEHOLDER; STATE ROLE; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; LAW; NONHUMAN; SCIENCE; WILD SPECIES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DOGS; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NEW SOUTH WALES; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PLANNING TECHNIQUES;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 80054764041     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9721-5     Document Type: Article

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