Everglades Restoration Science and Decision-Making in the Face of Climate Change: A Management Perspective

Environmental Management

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 876-883

  Estenoz, Shannon ^a   Bush, Eric ^b  

^a US Department of the Interior   (United States)

^b US Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Everglades; Everglades restoration; Large scale ecosystem restoration; Science and decision making

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; RESTORATION;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE SCIENCE; ECOLOGICAL CHANGES; ECOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EVERGLADES; FLORIDA EVERGLADES; FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS;

DECISION MAKING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; HUMANS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84940002670     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-015-0452-x     Document Type: Article

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