USDA forest service roadless areas: Potential biodiversity conservation reserves

Ecology and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Loucks, Colby ^a   Brown, Nicholas ^b   Loucks, Andrea ^c   Cesareo, Kerry ^a  

^a WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^b NATURESERVE   (United States)

^c Pinchot Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Endangered species; GIS; Grizzly bears; Imperiled species; Roadless areas; Threatened species; USDA Forest Service

Indexed keywords

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 84879951708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00528-070205     Document Type: Article

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