TY  - BOOK
AU  - Burgman,Mark A.
TI  - Risks and decisions for conservation and environmental management
SN  - 0521835348 
U1  - 333.71/4 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Cambridge, UK, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Environmental risk assessment
KW  - Environmental management
N1  - 1. Values, history and perception--
2. Kinds of uncertainty--
3. Conventions and the risk management cycle--
4. Experts, stakeholders and elicitation--
5. Conceptual models and hazard assessment--
6. Risk ranking--
7. Ecotoxicology--
8. Logic trees and decisions--
9. Defining and eliciting intervals--
10. Monte Carlo--
11. Inference, decisions, monitoring and updating--
12. Decisions and risk management; References; Index
N2  - A comprehensive guide to conducting environmental risk assessments for students, researchers and professionals in ecology, conservation and resource management. Coverage includes the philosophy of uncertainty and human objectivity in risky situations. Consideration is also given to how both subjective beliefs and technical analysis can be used to make informed decisions
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam051/2004054564.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam051/2004054564.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0733/2004054564-b.html
ER  -