A framework for adapting urban forests to climate change

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2016, Pages 393-402

  Brandt, Leslie ^a   Derby Lewis, Abigail ^b   Fahey, Robert ^c   Scott, Lydia ^d   Darling, Lindsay ^d   Swanston, Chris ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d MORTON ARBORETUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Chicago; Climate change; Inventory; Urban forest; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTIVAR; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT; HABITUAL ADAPTATION; HUMAN; ILLINOIS; INVASIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TREE; UNCERTAINTY; URBAN AREA; URBAN FORESTRY CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE FRAMEWORK; WILDERNESS;

EID: 84996524345     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.06.005     Document Type: Article

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