A major shift to the retention approach for forestry can help resolve some global forest sustainability issues

Conservation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 421-431

  Lindenmayer, D B ^a   Franklin, J F ^b   Lohmus A ^c   Baker, S C ^d   Bauhus, J ^e   Beese, W ^f   Brodie, A ^g   Kiehl, B ^h   Kouki, J ⁱ   Pastur, G Martínez ^j   Messier, C ^k   Neyland, M ^l   Palik, B ^m   Sverdrup Thygeson, A ^n,o   Volney, J ^p   Wayne, A ^q   Gustafsson, L ^h  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g Forest Resources and Conservation Division   (United States)

^h SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^j CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^l FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

^m USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

ⁿ NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^o NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^p NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^q DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Altered forest policy; Altered logging practices; Ecological forestry; Ecologically sustainable forest management; Forest biodiversity conservation; Forest ecosystem processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870909879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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