An Evaluation of the Short-Term Progress of Restoration Combining Ecological Assessment and Public Perception

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-85

  Petursdottir, Thorunn ^a   Aradottir, Asa L ^b   Benediktsson, Karl ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

aesthetic values; ecological evaluation; ecological restoration; public opinion; sociocultural evaluation; soil degradation

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ESTHETICS; PERCEPTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SENSE OF PLACE; SOIL DEGRADATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ICELAND;

POACEAE;

EID: 84872676759     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2011.00855.x     Document Type: Article

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