The effect of clearfell logging on tree-ferns in victorian wet forest

Australian Forestry

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 178-188

  Ough, Keely ^a   Murphy, Anna ^a  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYATHEA; CYATHEA AUSTRALIS; DICKSONIA ANTARCTICA; FILICOPHYTA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0000607940     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.1996.10674687     Document Type: Article

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