Managing united states public lands in response to climate change: A view from the ground up

Environmental Management

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 954-967

  Ellenwood, Mikaela S ^a   Dilling, Lisa ^a   Milford, Jana B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon management; Climate change; Decision making; Federal agencies; Forestry; Fuels management; Land use; Public lands

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; MANAGERS;

CARBON MANAGEMENT; FEDERAL AGENCY; FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES; FEDERAL LAND MANAGER; FUELS MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; PUBLIC LANDS; SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION;

DECISION MAKING;

BIOFUEL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; EMISSION CONTROL; FEDERAL SYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUEL CONSUMPTION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PLANNING PROCESS;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GRAZING; LAND USE; MANAGER; RANGELAND; AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; GOVERNMENT; HERBIVORY; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; LAND USE;

UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; BIOFUELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLORADO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HERBIVORY; OWNERSHIP; PLANNING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84865309770     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9829-2     Document Type: Article

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