Bounded ranges of variation as a framework for future conservation and fire management

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1286, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-107

  Moritz, Max A ^a   Hurteau, Matthew D ^b   Suding, Katharine N ^a   D'Antonio, Carla M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Disturbance ecology; Ecosystem thresholds; Fire ecology and management; Historical range of variation; Resilience and climate change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BOUNDED RANGES OF VARIATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FIRE HISTORY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIRE ECOLOGY; SCRUB; VEGETATION;

BREDA VIRUS;

EID: 84878189611     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12104     Document Type: Article

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