Climate change adaptation strategies for federal forests of the Pacific Northwest, USA: Ecological, policy, and socio-economic perspectives

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1185-1199

  Spies, Thomas A ^a   Giesen, Thomas W ^b   Swanson, Frederick J ^a   Franklin, Jerry F ^c   Lach, Denise ^b   Johnson, K Norman ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Disturbances; Environmental laws; Landscape management; Regional planning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNERSHIP; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NATURE CONSERVATION; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84755161085     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9483-0     Document Type: Article

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