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Comment
. 2009 Feb 3;106(5):1301-2.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.0812580106. Epub 2009 Jan 28.

Interdisciplinary research for managing ecosystem services

Will Steffen  1
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Interdisciplinary research for managing ecosystem services

Will Steffen. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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The author declares no conflict of interest.

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
A visual representation of adaptive management, an iterative approach built around explicit, experimentally-based development of plausible management options [image courtesy of M. Stafford Smith (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Sustainable Ecosystems, Canberra, Australia) (5)].
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Comment on

  • Science for managing ecosystem services: Beyond the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.
    Carpenter SR, Mooney HA, Agard J, Capistrano D, Defries RS, Díaz S, Dietz T, Duraiappah AK, Oteng-Yeboah A, Pereira HM, Perrings C, Reid WV, Sarukhan J, Scholes RJ, Whyte A. Carpenter SR, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Feb 3;106(5):1305-12. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0808772106. Epub 2009 Jan 28. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009. PMID: 19179280 Free PMC article.

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