Eco Evidence: Using the scientific literature to inform evidence-based decision making in environmental management

MODSIM 2011 - 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Sustaining Our Future: Understanding and Living with Uncertainty

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2472-2478

  Webb, J A ^a,b   Wealands, S R ^a,b   Lea, P ^a,b   Nichols, S J ^a,c   De Little, S C ^b   Stewardson, M J ^a,b   Norris, R H ^a,c  

^a EWATER COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analysis software; Causal Criteria Analysis; Database; Decision making; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS SOFTWARES; ANALYSIS TOOLS; BASEFLOWS; CAUSAL CRITERIA ANALYSIS; CAUSAL RELATIONS; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; ECOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS; EXPERT OPINION; HIGH-FLOW EVENTS; HUMAN USE; LITERATURE REVIEWS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NATURAL VARIABILITY; ONLINE REPOSITORIES; REGULATED RIVER; SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOUND DECISION; STANDARDIZED METHODS; STATISTICAL SOFTWARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION; WEB APPLICATION; WEB DATABASE;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; TRANSPARENCY;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84858823330     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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