Adaptation of forests and forest management to climate change: An editorial

Forests

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-82

  Keenan, Rodney J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Monitoring; Risk management; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE PROJECTION; DISTURBANCE; ECONOMIC CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOREST MANAGERS; MANAGEMENT MEASURES; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; POTENTIAL RISKS; SILVICULTURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; MANAGERS; MONITORING; RISK MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SILVICULTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATES; FORESTRY; MONITORING; RISK MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84869240832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f3010075     Document Type: Article

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