Building resilience into sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) forests in Scotland in response to the threat of climate change

Forests

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 398-415

  Cameron, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Forest management; Sitka spruce; Species mixtures

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LOSSES; MIXTURES;

ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT; COMMERCIAL FORESTRY; IRREGULAR STRUCTURES; MANAGEMENT OPTIONS; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SITKA SPRUCE; SPECIES MIXTURES; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SILVICULTURE; THINNING;

FORESTS; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PRODUCTIVITY; SCOTLAND; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILVICULTURE; THINNING;

NORTH AMERICA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABIES GRANDIS; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 84923636219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f6020398     Document Type: Review

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