Adaptive management for novel ecosystems

Adaptive Management of Social-Ecological Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 123-146

  Graham, Nicholas A J ^a   Hicks, Christina C ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Coral reefs; Ecology; Novel ecosystems; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943150928     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9682-8_8     Document Type: Chapter

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