Considerations for restoring temperate forests of tomorrow: forest restoration, assisted migration, and bioengineering

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 46 Số 5-6 - Trang 947-964 - 2015
R. Kasten Dumroese1, Mary I. Williams2, John A. Stanturf3, J. Bradley St. Clair4
1Grassland, Shrubland, and Desert Ecosystems, Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, Moscow, USA
2School of Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, USA
3Center for Forest Disturbance Science, Southern Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, Athens, USA
4Land and Watershed Management, Pacific Northwest Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, Corvallis, USA

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