Restoring forests: regeneration and ecosystem function for the future

New Forests

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 139-151

  Löf, Magnus ^a   Madsen, Palle ^b   Metslaid, Marek ^c,d   Witzell, Johanna ^a   Jacobs, Douglass F ^e  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Land use; Multiple use forestry; Reforestation; Resilience; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 85064251868     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: 15735095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-019-09713-0     Document Type: Editorial

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