Climate change and nature conservation in Central European forests: A review of consequences, concepts and challenges

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 829-843

  Milad, Mirjam ^a   Schaich, Harald ^a   Bürgi, Matthias ^b   Konold, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Conservation; Forest ecosystem; Forest management; Global warming

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CAPACITY; ANTHROPOGENIC STRESS; BROADLEAVED; CENTRAL EUROPE; CENTRAL EUROPEAN FORESTS; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; DEAD WOOD; DISTURBANCE REGIME; ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH; EVALUATION PROCESS; FOREST CONSERVATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SUCCESSION; FUTURE CHALLENGES; GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; GRADUAL CHANGES; HABITAT DESTRUCTION; INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHES; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREAS; SILVICULTURAL SYSTEM; SPECIFIC NATURE; STOCHASTIC DISTURBANCES;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; RESEARCH;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENOTYPE; GLOBAL WARMING; GUIDELINE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; SILVICULTURE; STAKEHOLDER; SUCCESSION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; RESEARCH;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 78651455982     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.10.038     Document Type: Review

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