Sustaining the useful life of network governance: Life cycles and developmental challenges

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 135-144

  Imperial, Mark T ^a   Johnston, Erik ^b   Pruett Jones, Melinda ^c   Leong, Kirsten ^d   Thomsen, Jennifer ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c American Ornithologists' Union   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NETWORK ANALYSIS;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962158393     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fee.1249     Document Type: Review

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