The role of plantations in managing the world's forests in the Anthropocene

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-34

  Paquette, Alain ^a   Messier, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HOLOCENE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 76749084345     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/080116     Document Type: Review

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