Contributions of landscape ecology, multifunctionality and wildlife research toward sustainable forest management in the Greater Toronto Area

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 403-411

  Milne, Robert J ^a   Bennett, Lorne P ^b   Harpley, Paul J ^c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Zephyr Society of Lake Simcoe   (Canada)

Author keywords

Greater Toronto Area; Integrative forest management; Landscape ecology; Multifunctional approach; Multifunctionality; Sustainable forest management; Wildlife function

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; GEOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATERSHEDS;

GREATER TORONTO AREA; INTEGRATIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MULTIFUNCTIONAL APPROACH; MULTIFUNCTIONALITY; WILDLIFE FUNCTION;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GEOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; TORONTO;

EID: 33745646527     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: 00157546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc82403-3     Document Type: Article

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