Avoiding ecosystem collapse in managed forest ecosystems

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 561-568

  Lindenmayer, David ^a   Messier, Christian ^b,c   Sato, Chloe ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; TIMBER HARVESTING;

EID: 84999622404     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fee.1434     Document Type: Article

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