Disturbing forest disturbances

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 662-668

  Volney, W Jan A ^a   Hirsch, Kelvin G ^a  

^a NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Diseases; Disturbances; Fire; FireSmart; Insects; Partial harvesting

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DISTURBANCES; FIRESMART; PARTIAL HARVESTING;

FORESTRY;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

ADAPTATION; DISEASES; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; FIRES; FORESTRY; INSECTS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 27644495936     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: 00157546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc81662-5     Document Type: Review

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