The basis of resilience in forest tree species and its use in adaptive forest management in Britain

Forestry

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-26

  Cavers, S ^a   Cottrell, J E ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENOTYPE; NATURAL SELECTION;

EID: 84922454830     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpu027     Document Type: Review

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