Using short-term monitoring data to achieve goals in a large-scale restoration

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Hagen, Dagmar ^a   Evju, Marianne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Alpine; Ecological attributes; Restoration success; Restoration target; Species richness; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER;

NORWAY;

EID: 84884941153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05769-180329     Document Type: Article

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