Robustness, adaptation and innovation: Forest communities in the wake of Hurricane Dean

Applied Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 151-158

  DiGiano, Maria L ^a   Racelis, Alex E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Disaster; Forest dependence; Mexico; Resilience; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST COVER; HURRICANE EVENT; INNOVATION; NATURAL DISASTER; SEVERE WEATHER;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 82155203459     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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