Exploring adaptation to climate change in the forests of central Nova Scotia, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2316-2327

  Steenberg, James W N ^a   Duinker, Peter N ^a   Bush, Peter G ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Forest; Forest management; LANDIS II; Timber harvest

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGE TREATMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMAX FORESTS; FOREST; FOREST AGE; FOREST COMPOSITIONS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SECTORS; FOREST TRANSITION; FORESTED WATERSHEDS; HALIFAX; HARVEST INTENSITY; HARVESTED STANDS; INDIVIDUAL TREE; LANDIS-II; LANDSCAPE DISTURBANCE; MULTI-FACETED APPROACH; MUNICIPAL WATER; NOVA SCOTIA; OLD-GROWTH; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STUDY AREAS; SUSTAINABLE PROVISION; TARGET SPECIES; THREE COMPONENT; TIMBER HARVEST; TIMBER HARVESTING; TIMBER HARVESTS; TIMBER SUPPLY; TREE SPECIES;

CLIMATE MODELS; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); PLANT EXTRACTS; TIMBER; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMAX; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTED CATCHMENT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION; SUSTAINABILITY; TIMBER HARVESTING; TRADE-OFF; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATES; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; EXTRACTIVES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOVA SCOTIA; PLANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 80055022193     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.08.027     Document Type: Article

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