A forest simulation model for predicting eucalypt dynamics and habitat quality for arboreal marsupials

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 921-933

  Pausas, Juli G ^a,c   Austin, Mike P ^a   Noble, Ian R ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arboreal marsupials; Diversity; Eucalyptus; Forest dynamics; Forest gap model; Forest management; Habitat quality; Habitat suitability; Harvesting; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS; METATHERIA; MARSUPIALIA; MYRTACEAE;

ARBOREAL MARSUPIAL; EDEN; FOREST; HABITAT QUALITY; MODELLING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030613974     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0921:AFSMFP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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