Close-to-nature forest management in Europe: Does it support complexity and adaptability of forest ecosystems?

Managing Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems: Building Resilience to the Challenge of Global Change

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 187-213

  Bauhus, Jürgen ^a   Puettmann, Klaus J ^b   Kuhne, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203122808     Document Type: Chapter

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