Adaptive forest management in central Europe: Climate change impacts, strategies and integrative concept

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 473-482

  Bolte, Andreas ^a,b   Ammer, Christian ^b   Löf, Magnus ^c   Madsen, Palle ^d   Nabuurs, Gert Jan ^e   Schall, Peter ^b   Spathelf, Peter ^f   Rock, Joachim ^a  

^a Forestry and Fisheries   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d Department of Applied Ecology Forest and Landscape ^*  (Germany)

^e EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f University of Applied Sciences Eberswalde   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotic agent; Drought; Management strategy; Provenance; Restoration; Storm; Trial system

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIOTIC STRESS; CENTRAL EUROPE; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATIC WARMING; DROUGHT MANAGEMENT; FOREST DEGRADATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; FOREST STRUCTURE; FUTURE CLIMATE; HEAT WAVES; INTERNATIONAL SCALE; LOCAL SCALE; MANAGEMENT GOALS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MANAGEMENT STRATEGY; NON-NATIVE; NONLOCAL; PASSIVE ADAPTATION; PATHOGEN ATTACK; REGIONAL SCALE; TRIAL SYSTEMS;

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION; STORMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

DROUGHT; EUROPE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PATHOGENS; PROVENANCE; RESTORATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 71049172930     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580903418224     Document Type: Review

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