Changing disturbance regimes, ecological memory, and forest resilience

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 369-378

  Johnstone, Jill F ^a   Allen, Craig D ^b   Franklin, Jerry F ^c   Frelich, Lee E ^d   Harvey, Brian J ^e   Higuera, Philip E ^f   Mack, Michelle C ^g   Meentemeyer, Ross K ^h   Metz, Margaret R ⁱ   Perry, George LW ^j   Schoennagel, Tania ^e   Turner, Monica G ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^g NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84986626387     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fee.1311     Document Type: Review

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