Climate change vulnerability of sustainable forest management in the Eastern Alps

Climatic Change

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 225-254

  Seidl, Rupert ^a,b   Rammer, Werner ^a   Lexer, Manfred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON STOCKS; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATE WARMING; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST STAND; INDICATOR SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES; MANAGEMENT PLANNING; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; STAKEHOLDER PROCESS; STUDY AREAS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TREE SPECIES; VULNERABILITY INDICATORS;

AGGLOMERATION; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE MODELS; FORESTRY; PLANNING; RATING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BEDROCK; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SILVICULTURE; STAKEHOLDER; STAND DYNAMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY;

AGGLOMERATION; AUSTRIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATES; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANNING; RATING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; VULNERABILITY;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS;

EID: 79955019190     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-010-9899-1     Document Type: Article

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