The next 50 years: Opportunities for diversifying the ecological representation of the national wilderness preservation system within the contiguous United States

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 396-404

  Aycrigg, Jocelyn L ^a   Tricker, James ^b   Belote, R Travis ^d   Dietz, Matthew S ^d   Duarte, Lisa ^c   Aplet, Gregory H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute   (United States)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Diversity; National Parks; National wilderness preservation system; Protected areas; Recommended wilderness; Representation; Roadless areas; United States

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY;

DIVERSITY; NATIONAL PARKS; NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM; PROTECTED AREAS; RECOMMENDED WILDERNESS; REPRESENTATION; ROADLESS AREAS; UNITED STATES;

ECOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL PARK; WILDERNESS AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84969509969     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: 19383746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/jof.15-050     Document Type: Article

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