Lessons learned from Chicago Wilderness-implementing and sustaining conservation management in an urban setting

Diversity

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-93

  Heneghan, Liam ^a   Mulvaney, Christopher ^b   Ross, Kristen ^c   Umek, Lauren ^a   Watkins, Cristy ^d   Westphal, Lynne M ^e   Wise, David H ^c,f  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chicago Wilderness   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^e NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^f School of Public Health West   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation alliance; Ecological restoration; Resilience; Urban biodiversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LAND MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859303868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14242818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/d4010074     Document Type: Review

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