Assessing confidence in management adaptation approaches for climate-sensitive ecosystems

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  West, J M ^a   Julius, S H ^a   Weaver, C P ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; climate change; confidence; ecosystems; management; resilience; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857959004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/1/014016     Document Type: Article

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