Retention forestry to maintain multifunctional forests: A world perspective

BioScience

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 633-645

  Gustafsson, Lena ^a   Baker, Susan C ^b   Bauhus, Jrgen ^c   Beese, William J ^d   Brodie, Angus ^e   Kouki, Jari ^f   Lindenmayer, David B ^g   Lhmus, Asko ^h   Pastur, Guillermo Martínez ⁱ   Messier, Christian ^j   Neyland, Mark ^k   Palik, Brian ^l   Sverdrup Thygeson, Anne ^m   Volney, W Jan A ⁿ   Wayne, Adrian ^o   Franklin, Jerry F ^p  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Department of Natural Resources ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^g AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

ⁱ CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^j UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC   (Canada)

^k FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

^l U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^m NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

ⁿ NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^o Western Australia Department of Environment and Conservation   (Australia)

^p UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

biodiversity; conservation; ecology; forestry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863593990     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2012.62.7.6     Document Type: Article

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