Forest management planning technology issues posed by climate change

Forest Science and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-19

  Bettinger, Pete ^a   Siry, Jacek ^a   Merry, Krista ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; forest management; forest planning; information technology; modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875964166     PISSN: 21580103     EISSN: 21580715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21580103.2013.773659     Document Type: Review

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