The use of historical range and variability (HRV) in landscape management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1025-1037

  Keane, Robert E ^a   Hessburg, Paul F ^b   Landres, Peter B ^c   Swanson, Fred J ^d  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c USDA Forest Service Forestry Science Lab   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecosystem management; Historical ecology; Land management; Landscape ecology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE WARMING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EXOTIC SPECIES; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LAND DEVELOPMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT; LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT;

ECOLOGY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; WARMING;

EID: 68949148801     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.05.035     Document Type: Review

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