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Managing biological integrity, diversity, and environmental health in the national wildlife refuges (series of articles)

Author
various authors
Journal/Series
Natural Resources Journal | Vol. 44(4); 943 - 1210; 268 p.
Date
2004
Source
IUCN (ID: ANA-073551)
Publisher | Place of publication
University of New Mexico School of Law | Albuquerque, NM, USA
Document type
Article in periodical
Language
English
Country/Territory
United States of America
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Wild fauna Protection of habitats Protected area
Abstract

Contents: 1. Ecological concepts, legal standards, and public land law: An analysis and assessment 2. The meanings of biological diversity, diversity, and environmental health 3. The wildlife refuge and the land community 4. National wildlife refuge system: Ecological context and integrity 5. Beyond definitions: Maintaining biological integrity, diversity, and environmental health in national wildlife refuges 6. Some suggestions for keeping national wildlife refuges healthy and whole 7. A chronological frame of reference for ecological integrity and natural conditions 8.Maintaining the biological integrity, diversity, and environmental health of the National Wildlife Refuge Systemm 9. Biological integrity, diversity and environmental health policy and the attainment of refuge purposes: A Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge case study 10. Managing national wildlife refuges for historic or non-historic conditions: Determining the role of the refuge in the ecosystem