Silvicultural alternatives to conventional even-aged forest management - What limits global adoption?

Forest Ecosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Puettmann, Klaus J ^a   Wilson, Scott McG ^b   Baker, Susan C ^c   Donoso, Pablo J ^d   Drössler, Lars ^e   Amente, Girma ^f   Harvey, Brian D ^g   Knoke, Thomas ^h   Lu, Yuanchang ⁱ   Nocentini, Susanna ^j   Putz, Francis E ^k   Yoshida, Toshiya ^l   Bauhus, Jürgen ^m  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Tasmania ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^f HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^h TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

ⁱ RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^l HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 85032855818     PISSN: 20956355     EISSN: 21975620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40663-015-0031-x     Document Type: Review

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