A national geographic framework for guiding conservation on a landscape scale

Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 175-183

  Millard, Michael J ^a   Czarnecki, Craig A ^b   Morton, John M ^c   Brandt, Laura A ^b   Briggs, Jennifer S ^d   Shipley, Frank S ^e   Sayre, Roger ^e   Sponholtz, Pamela J ^b   Perkins, David ^f   Simpkins, Darin G ^g   Taylor, Janith ^h  

^a US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^d DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f US Fish & Wildlife Service Massachusetts   (United States)

^g US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^h US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat; Landscape conservation; Structured decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866684552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1944687X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3996/052011-JFWM-030     Document Type: Article

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