Expanding shifting baseline syndrome to accommodate increasing abundances

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 527-529

  Steen, David A ^a   Jachowski, David S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalist; Generational amnesia; Invasive species; Predator extirpation; Reference conditions; Shifting baseline syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GENERALIST; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; PREDATOR; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

EID: 84883381356     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12040     Document Type: Article

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