Networks and landscapes: A framework for setting goals and evaluating performance at the large landscape scale

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 145-153

  Bixler, R Patrick ^a   Johnson, Shawn ^b   Emerson, Kirk ^c   Nabatchi, Tina ^d   Reuling, Melly ^e   Curtin, Charles ^e   Romolini, Michele ^f   Grove, J Morgan ^g  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Center for Large Landscape Conservation   (United States)

^f LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84962159129     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fee.1250     Document Type: Review

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