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Forest Resilience, Biodiversity and Climate Change

This paper reviews the concepts of ecosystem resilience, resistance, and stability in forests and their relationship to biodiversity, with particular reference to climate change. In addition, the paper provides a number of case studies on forest resilience and comparisons under climate change by forest biome, focusing on boreal, temperate and tropical forests.
URL:
http://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/cbd-ts-43-en.pdf
Authors:
Thompson, I., Mackey, B., McNulty, S., and Mosseler, A.
Published:
2009
Publisher:
CBD Secretariat

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