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Adaptation to climate change in forest management

Journal of Ecosystems and Management

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Title Adaptation to climate change in forest management
 
Creator Spittlehouse, David L.
Stewart, Robert B.
 
Subject climate change; sustainable forest management; adaptation
 
Description Adaptation in forestry is sustainable forest management that includes a climate change focus. Climate change over the next 100 years is expected to have significant impacts on forest ecosystems. The forestry community needs to evaluate the long-term effects of climate change on forests and determine what the community might do now and in the future to respond to this threat. Management can influence the timing and direction of forest adaptation at selected locations, but in many situations society will have to adjust to however forests adapt. Adapting to climate change in the face of the uncertain timing of impacts means we must have a suite of readily available options. A high priority will be coping with and adapting to forest disturbance while maintaining the genetic diversity and resilience of forest ecosystems. A framework for facilitating adaptation in forestry is discussed and a review of adaptive actions presented.
 
Publisher Canadian Institute for Studies in Publishing Press
 
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Date 2004-10-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://jem-online.org/index.php/jem/article/view/254
 
Source Journal of Ecosystems and Management; Vol 4, No 1 (2004)
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://jem-online.org/index.php/jem/article/view/254/173