Aligning restoration science and the law to sustain ecological infrastructure for the future

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 512-519

  Palmer, Margaret A ^a   Ruhl, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; POLICY MAKING; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84946896542     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/150053     Document Type: Review

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