Identifying Thresholds for Ecosystem-Based Management
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Identifying Thresholds for Ecosystem-Based Management
BACKGROUND One of the greatest obstacles to moving ecosystem-based management (EBM) from concept to practice is the lack of a systematic approach to defining ecosystem-level decision criteria, or reference points that trigger management action. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS To assist resource managers and policymakers in developing EBM decision criteria, we introduce a quantitative, transfer...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008907