Moving from autonomous to planned adaptation in the montane forests of southeastern Australia under changing fire regimes

Austral Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 309-316

  Doherty, Michael D ^a,b   Lavorel, Sandra ^c   Colloff, Matthew J ^a,b   Williams, Kristen J ^a   Williams, Richard J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

adaptation; climate change; ecosystem change; ecosystem services; fire regimes; management; montane forests

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MONTANE FOREST; POLICY MAKING; UNDERPINNING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84987624014     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12437     Document Type: Article

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