Desired vegetation condition and restoration goals in a changing climate: A forest management challenge

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW-GTR

Volumn , Issue 733, 2008, Pages 49-56

  Brett, Linda C ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Desired conditions; Forest plans

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

EID: 41049111931     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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