Tree improvement programmes for forest health - Can they keep pace with climate changes?

Unasylva

Volumn 60, Issue 231-232, 2009, Pages 50-56

  Yanchuk, Alvin ^a   Allard, Gillian ^b  

^a Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia   (Canada)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SPREAD; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENOTYPE; PEST CONTROL; PEST OUTBREAK; RESEARCH PROGRAM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILVICULTURE;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 70249114426     PISSN: 00416436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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