Chronology of awareness about US national park external threats

Environmental Management

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1098-1110

  Shafer, Craig L ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

External threats; History; Natural resource management; Protected area; US national parks

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; EXTERNAL THREATS; FURBEARERS; GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN COMMUNITIES; LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES; MODERN CONSERVATION; NATIONAL PARK SERVICE; NATIONAL PARKS; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; NATURE RESERVES; PROTECTED AREAS; RECLAMATION PROJECT; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; TECHNICAL LITERATURE; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARKS;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; HISTORY; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

CHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NATIONAL PARK; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PLANNING HISTORY; PLANNING SYSTEM; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HABITAT; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; RECREATION; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84871663319     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9946-y     Document Type: Article

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