Forest ecosystem management in North America: From theory to practice

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 525-537

  Patry, Cynthia ^a   Kneeshaw, Daniel ^a   Wyatt, Stephen ^b   Grenon, Frank ^c   Messier, Christian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Faculté de foresterie Université de Moncton Campus Edmundston   (Canada)

^c Centre d'enseignement et de recherche en foresterie (CERFO)   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest ecosystem management; Implementation; North america; Retention strategies and emulation of natural disturbances; Spatiotemporal scales

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; IMPLEMENTATION; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; NORTH AMERICA; SPATIO-TEMPORAL SCALE;

FORESTRY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84899759138     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc2013-093     Document Type: Article

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