Tolerance of focal species to forest management intensity as a guide in the development of conservation targets

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Villard, Marc André ^a   Jonsson, Bengt Gunnar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Ecological thresholds; Fine filter approach; Focal species; Landscape structure

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION TARGETS; CRITICAL RESOURCES; DESCRIPTORS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; EXTERNAL PRESSURES; FILTER APPROACH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGERS; LAND MANAGERS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; POLICY MAKERS; SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION; SHARP TRANSITION; STAND STRUCTURES; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TIMBER PRODUCTION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FOCUSING; MANAGERS; TARGETS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; POLICY MAKING; THRESHOLD; TOLERANCE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PLANNING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 71649086168     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.08.034     Document Type: Article

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