Managing tree plantations as novel socioecological systems: Australian and North American perspectives

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1427-1433

  Lindenmayer, David ^a   Messier, Christian ^b,c   Paquette, Alain ^c   Hobbs, Richard J ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Forest management; Landscape conservation; Novel ecosystems; Novel management; Tree plantations

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; MANAGERS;

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION; MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES; NATURAL FOREST STANDS; NOVEL ECOSYSTEMS; SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; TREE PLANTATIONS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; POLICY MAKING; STAND STRUCTURE; TREE PLANTING;

AUSTRALIA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84942586340     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2015-0072     Document Type: Article

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