Evaluating the deployment of alternative species in planted conifer forests as a means of adaptation to climate change - Case studies in New Zealand and Scotland

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 239-253

  Meason, Dean F ^a   Mason, W L ^b  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hazards; Planted forests; Profitability; Species diversification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894456927     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-013-0300-1     Document Type: Article

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