From Management to Stewardship: Viewing Forests As Complex Adaptive Systems in an Uncertain World

Conservation Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 368-377

  Messier, C ^a,b   Puettmann, K ^c   Chazdon, R ^d   Andersson, K P ^e   Angers, V A ^b   Brotons, L ^f   Filotas, E ^g   Tittler, R ^b   Parrott, L ^h   Levin, S A ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^g Tel e University of Quebec   (Canada)

^h Chemistry   (Canada)

ⁱ PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex adaptive systems; Global change; Resilience; Socioecological systems; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945459646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12156     Document Type: Article

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