Adaptive management: From more talk to real action

Environmental Management

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 465-479

  Williams, Byron K ^a,b   Brown, Eleanor D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Wildlife Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Decision analysis; Learning; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; ALASKA; ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; DELAWARE; EAGLES; HORSESHOE CRABS; NEW JERSEY; RIVERS;

EID: 84895073604     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0205-7     Document Type: Article

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