Differences between wildfire and clearfelling on the structure of montane ash forests of victoria and their implications for fauna dependent on tree hollows

Australian Forestry

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 61-68

  Lindenmayert, D B ^a   Norton, T W ^b   Tanton, M T ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0001798142     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.1990.10676062     Document Type: Article

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