Silvicultural management in maintaining biodiversity and resistance of forests in Europe - The Mediterranean region

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-76

  Fabbio, Gianfranco ^a   Merlo, Maurizio ^b   Tosi, Vittorio ^c  

^a Forestry Research Inst of Arezzo   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Forest/Range Mngt Res Inst Trento   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Biodiversity; Economic and policy implications; Mediterranean region; Multipurpose role of forests; Silvicultural management

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FORESTRY; NATURAL RESOURCES; PUBLIC POLICY;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS; FOREST AREA; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MULTIPURPOSE ROLE OF FOREST; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; SILVICULTURAL MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; SILVICULTURE;

ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MIGRATION; REVIEW; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0037244387     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4797(02)00189-5     Document Type: Article

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