Biodiversity indicators for sustainable forestry: Simplifying complexity

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 203-210

  Hagan, John M ^a   Whitman, Andrew A ^b  

^a Forest Conservation Program

^b Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences Brunswick   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Indicators; Sustainable forestry

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIODIVERSITY INDICATORS; FOREST MANAGERS; STAKEHOLDERS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; FORESTS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33746746391     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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