Resource use, dependence and vulnerability: Community-resource linkages on alaska's tongass national forest

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 122, Issue , 2009, Pages 263-272

  Mekbeb, E T ^a   Lilieholm, R J ^b   Blahna, D J ^c   Kruger, L E ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Ecosystem management; Environmental services; Resilience; Social capital; Sustainable development; Timberdependent communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555200704     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/ECO090251     Document Type: Article

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