The "emulation of natural disturbance" (END) management approach in Canadian forestry: A critical evaluation

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 440-445

  Klenk, Nicole L ^a   Bull, Gary Q ^b   MacLellan, James I ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Emulation of natural disturbance; Environmental ethics; Naturalistic forest management; TRIAD

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; TIMBER;

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CRITICAL EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS; FORESTED LANDSCAPES; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; TRIAD;

FORESTRY;

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ETHICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HISTORY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATES; CONSERVATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67651089519     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc85440-3     Document Type: Article

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