Complex challenges of maintaining Whitebark pine in Greater Yellowstone under climate change: A call for innovative research, management, and policy approaches

Forests

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Hansen, Andrew ^a   Ireland, Kathryn ^a   Legg, Kristin ^b   Keane, Robert ^c   Barge, Edward ^a   Jenkins, Martha ^a   Pillet, Michiel ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem; Policy; Resource management; Whitebark pine

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PUBLIC POLICY;

CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA; ECOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; INNOVATIVE RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WHITEBARK PINE; YELLOWSTONES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; POLICY APPROACH;

GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA; PINUS ALBICAULIS; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84963956611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f7030054     Document Type: Review

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