Forest management and silvicultural responses to projected climate change impacts on European broadleaved trees and forests

International Forestry Review

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 591-607

  Hemery, G E ^a  

^a SYLVA FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broadleaves; Climate change; European forests; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; SILVICULTURE; YIELD;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 67649184580     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.10.4.591     Document Type: Article

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