Review of science-based assessments of species vulnerability: Contributions to decision-making for assisted migration

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 745-754

  Beardmore, Tannis ^a   Winder, Richard ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Forest species; Vulnerability assessments

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL STANDARDS; EVALUATION CRITERIA; FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING; FOREST SPECIES; SPECIES SPECIFICS; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; VULNERABILITY INDEX;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

CANADA; CLIMATES; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; FORESTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIGRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VULNERABILITY;

CANADA;

TORREYA TAXIFOLIA;

EID: 84855385267     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc2011-091     Document Type: Review

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