Preparing for climate change: Forestry and assisted migration

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 287-297

  Williams, Mary I ^a   Dumroese, R Kasten ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted migration; Climate change; Forest management; Seed transfer; Seed zones

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED MIGRATION; CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; MAKING DECISION; MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATIONS; SEED TRANSFER; SEED ZONES; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS;

FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; REFORESTATION;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEEDS;

EID: 84881251281     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/jof.13-016     Document Type: Review

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