Forest resilience, climate change, and opportunities for adaptation: A specific case of a general problem

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 306, Issue , 2013, Pages 216-225

  Buma, B ^a   Wessman, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Forest disturbance recovery; Modeling; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; FOREST DISTURBANCES; FOREST VEGETATION SIMULATOR; FUTURE CLIMATE PROJECTIONS; RESILIENCE; SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; MANAGERS; MODELS; RECOVERY;

REFORESTATION;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE;

COLORADO; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880643454     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.06.044     Document Type: Article

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