A typology of time-scale mismatches and behavioral interventions to diagnose and solve conservation problems

Conservation Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 42-49

  Wilson, Robyn S ^a   Hardisty, David J ^b   Epanchin Niell, Rebecca S ^c   Runge, Michael C ^d   Cottingham, Kathryn L ^e   Urban, Dean L ^f   Maguire, Lynn A ^f   Hastings, Alan ^g   Mumby, Peter J ^h   Peters, Debra P C ⁱ  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^d PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h Townsville   (Australia)

ⁱ AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision theory; Economics; Psychology; Socioecological systems; Temporal lags

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL IMPACT; TIMESCALE; TYPOLOGY;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84954400848     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12632     Document Type: Article

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