Setting the Stage: Theoretical and Conceptual Background of Historical Range of Variation

Historical Environmental Variation in Conservation and Natural Resource Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3-18

  Romme, William H ^a   Wiens, John A ^b,c   Safford, Hugh D ^d,e  

^a Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^b PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological conditions, and preserving native species; Historical ecology and HRV, mechanisms of temporal change; Historical ecology in aquatic and terrestrial systems; HRV in identifying ecological conditions, restoring ecological resilience; HRV in resource management, planning, policymaking; HRV, theoretical and conceptual; Humans and role in reference ecosystems, data available; Limitations of HRV "fading record," "selective record," information from localized; Resource ecological management, focus on the past; Terms and definitions, in describing HRV concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878181583     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118329726.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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