Making Transparent Environmental Management Decisions Applications o

Since 1997, the Ecosystem Management Decision Support (EMDS) system has been used around the world to support environmental analysis and planning in many different application areas, and it has been applied over a wide range of geographic scales, from for

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Keith M. Reynolds Paul F. Hessburg Patrick S. Bourgeron Editors

Making Transparent Environmental Management Decisions Applications of the Ecosystem Management Decision Support System

Environmental Science and Engineering Environmental Science

Series editors Rod Allan Ulrich Förstner Wim Salomons

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Making Transparent Environmental Management Decisions Applications of the Ecosystem Management Decision Support System

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Editors Keith M. Reynolds U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station Corvallis, OR USA

Patrick S. Bourgeron Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research University of Colorado Boulder, CO USA

Paul F. Hessburg U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station Wenatchee, WA USA

ISSN 1431-6250 ISSN 1863-5539 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-642-31999-0 ISBN 978-3-642-32000-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-32000-2 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014934125  Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

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