A functional framework for improved management of western north American aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.)

Forest Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 345-359

  Rogers, Paul C ^a   Landhäusser, Simon M ^b   Pinno, Bradley D ^c   Ryel, Ronald J ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Biodiversity; Classification; Climate; Forests; Landscape

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ECOLOGY;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; FORESTS; FUNCTIONAL ADAPTATION; LANDSCAPE; MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FORESTS;

EID: 84897554731     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.12-156     Document Type: Article

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