Assisted migration: Introduction to a multifaceted concept

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 724-730

  Ste Marie, Catherine ^a   Nelson, Elizabeth A ^a   Dabros, Anna ^a   Bonneau, Marie Eve ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Assisted migration; Canada's forests; Climate change; Forest management; Species migration

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; TERMINOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ASSISTED MIGRATION; CANADA'S FORESTS; OPERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SPECIES MIGRATION; SUITABLE HABITAT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MIGRATORY POPULATION; RESEARCH WORK; TERMINOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; CANADA; CLIMATES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MIGRATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

CANADA;

EID: 84855391669     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc2011-089     Document Type: Article

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