Agreed but not preferred: Expert views on taboo options for biodiversity conservation, given climate change

Ecological Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 548-559

  Hagerman, Shannon M ^a   Satterfield, Terre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assisted migration; Biodiversity conservation; Climate change adaptation; Conservation triage; Decision making under uncertainty; Expert survey; Place based research; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXPERT SYSTEM; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLICY MAKING; PRIORITIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; RISK PERCEPTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84901639270     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0400.1     Document Type: Article

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