Striving for sustainability and resilience in the face of unprecedented change: The case of the mountain pine beetle outbreak in British Columbia

Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2403-2423

  Burton, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Even flow; Forest disturbance; Forest policy; Insect outbreak; Salvage logging; Sustainable forest management; Timber supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051739012     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su2082403     Document Type: Article

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