Practical advice for implementing long-term ecosystem monitoring

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 969-973

  Sergeant, Christopher J ^a   Moynahan, Brendan J ^a   Johnson, William F ^a  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Data management; Ecosystem based management; Long term data; Monitoring; National parks; Natural resources; Operational guidance; Publicly accessible

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027942506     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02149.x     Document Type: Note

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