Adapting to climate change in the southwest Yukon: Locally identified research and monitoring needs to support decision making on sustainable forest management

Arctic

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-174

  Ogden, A E ^a,b   Innes, J L ^a  

^a Faculty of Forestry   (Canada)

^b Government of Yukon   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Champagne and Aishihik Traditional Territory; Climate change; Impacts; Monitoring; Research needs; Southwest Yukon; Spruce bark beetle; Sustainable forest management; Yukon Territory

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; FORESTRY PRACTICE; RESEARCH; SUSTAINABILITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

COLEOPTERA; PICEA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 68149175233     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic129     Document Type: Article

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