Adaptive management: Where are we now?

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-18

  Rist, Lucy ^a   Campbell, Bruce M ^b   Frost, Peter ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Science Support Service   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

adaptive management; conservation; decision making; experimental management; natural resource management; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS; MANAGEMENT PLANS; MANAGING UNCERTAINTY; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; POLICY DOCUMENTS; SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES; SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

CONSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; LITERATURE REVIEW; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARAMETERIZATION; PATHOLOGY; POLICY STRATEGY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84873326585     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892912000240     Document Type: Article

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