How is adaptation to climate change reflected in current practice of forest management and conservation? A case study from Germany

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1181-1202

  Milad, Mirjam ^a   Schaich, Harald ^a   Konold, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Biodiversity; Climate change; Europe; Forest conservation; Forest management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

GERMANY;

EID: 84878020233     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0337-8     Document Type: Article

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