Search Results - subject:"Insect outbreak"

Striving for Sustainability and Resilience in the Face of Unprecedented Change: The Case of the Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak in British Columbia

Burton, Philip J. - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 8, pp. 2403-2423

A massive insect outbreak in the public forests of central British Columbia (Canada) poses a serious challenge for …

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Afforestation opportunities when stand productivity is driven by a high risk of natural disturbance: a review of the open lichen woodland in the eastern boreal forest of Canada

Mansuy, Nicolas; Gauthier, Sylvie; Bergeron, Yves - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 18 (2013) 2, pp. 245-264

Afforestation has the potential to offset the increased emission of atmospheric carbon dioxide and has therefore been proposed as a strategy to mitigate climate change. Here we review the opportunities for carbon (C) offsets through open lichen woodland afforestation in the boreal forest of...

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Influencing natural forest disturbance through timber harvesting : tradeoffs among disturbance processes, forest values, and timber condition

Sims, Charles - In: American journal of agricultural economics 95 (2013) 4, pp. 992-1008

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