Silvicultural challenges and options in the context of global change: "simple" fixes and opportunities for new management approaches

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 321-331

  Puettmann, Klaus J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Climate change; Complex adaptive systems; Global change; Invasive species; Resilience; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

ADAPTABILITY; COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; GLOBAL CHANGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; RESILIENCE; SILVICULTURE; CLIMATE PATTERNS; SIMPLE++; SMALL SCALE; VEGETATION PATTERN;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; SILVICULTURE;

APPLICATION; FORESTS; JOINING; MANAGEMENT; PATTERNS; RESISTANCE; SILVICULTURE; TREES;

EID: 80052720896     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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