Decision support: Vulnerability, conservation, and restoration

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report RMRS-GTR

Volumn , Issue 285 GTR, 2012, Pages 116-139

  Friggens, Megan M ^a   Pinto, Jeremiah R ^b   Dumroese, R Kasten ^b   Shaw, Nancy L ^c  

^a Forestry Science Laboratory   (United States)

^b Forestry Science Laboratory   (United States)

^c Aquatic Sciences Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Climate change; Deserts; Grasslands; Shrublands

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GRASSLAND; NATURAL RESOURCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUBLAND; TAXONOMY; TOLERANCE; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED STATES; WESTERN INTERIOR;

EID: 84865151549     PISSN: 02775786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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