Benign neglect and active management in Tasmania's forests: A dynamic balance or ecological collapse?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 85, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 279-289

  Brown, M J ^a  

^a FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation reserves; Forest management; Landscape forestry; Wood production and conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030238214     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03764-4     Document Type: Article

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