Decision Making in Natural Resource Management: A Structured, Adaptive Approach

Decision Making in Natural Resource Management: A Structured, Adaptive Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Conroy, Michael J ^a   Peterson, James T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DECISION-MAKING PROBLEM; MODELING DECISIONS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM DEFINITION; STRUCTURED APPROACH;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 85068815647     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118506196     Document Type: Book

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