Evaluating the effects of ecosystem management: a case study in a Missouri Ozark forest

Wendy K. Gram; Victoria L. Sork; Robert J. Marquis; Rochelle B. Renken; Richard L. Clawson; et. al.

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Evaluating the effects of ecosystem management: a case study in a Missouri Ozark forest

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Authors:

Wendy K. Gram, Victoria L. Sork, Robert J. Marquis, Rochelle B. Renken, Richard L. Clawson, et. al.

Year:

2002

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Shifley, S. R.; Kabrick, J. M., eds. Proceedings of the Second Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project Symposium: Post-treatment Results of the Landscape Experiment. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-227. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. p.227.

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Abstract

Many federal and state management agencies have shifted from commodity-based management systems to multiple resource-based management systems that emphasize sustainable ecosystem management. Long-term sustainability of ecosystem functions and processes is at the core of ecosystem management, but a blueprint for assessing sustainability under different management strategies does not exist.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the second Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project Symposium: Post-treatment results of the landscape experiment

Citation

Gram, Wendy K.; Sork, Victoria L.; Marquis, Robert J.; Renken, Rochelle B.; Clawson, Richard L.; et. al. 2002. Evaluating the effects of ecosystem management: a case study in a Missouri Ozark forest. In: Shifley, S. R.; Kabrick, J. M., eds. Proceedings of the Second Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project Symposium: Post-treatment Results of the Landscape Experiment. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-227. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. p.227.