Managing forests as complex adaptive systems introductory concepts and applications

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3-32

  Puettmann, Klaus J ^a   Messier, Christian ^b   Coates, K David ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Natural Resource Operations   (Canada)

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EID: 84920481085     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203122808     Document Type: Chapter

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