Climate change impacts on drought-prone forests in western Canada

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 675-682

  Hogg, E H ^a   Bernier, Pierre Y ^b  

^a NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Boreal forest; Climate change; Drought; Impacts; Productivity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIEBACK; DROUGHT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; REGENERATION;

ADAPTATION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; IMPACT; PRODUCTIVITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27644594338     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: 00157546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc81675-5     Document Type: Review

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