Climate change impacts and adaptation in forest management: a review

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 145-167

  Keenan, Rodney J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Effects; Forest management; Impacts; Policy; Responses; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLICY MAKING; PREDICTION; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84923358384     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-014-0446-5     Document Type: Review

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