How can forest management adapt to climate change? Possibilities in different forestry systems

Forests

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 415-430

  Keskitalo, E Carina H ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; EU; Forest governance; Forest management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; ECONOMIC OUTPUT; FOREST GOVERNANCE; INTENSIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT; RISK-BASED;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPIUM; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH;

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; EUROPIUM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 83655166565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f2010415     Document Type: Article

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