Multi-aged mountain ash forest, wildlife conservation and timber harvesting

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 104, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 43-56

  McCarthy, Michael A ^a   Lindenmayer, David B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age structure; Arboreal marsupials; Disturbance; Fire; Forest management; Modelling

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DISTURBANCE; FIRE; HARVESTING; MODELLING; MOUNTAIN ASH;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031948173     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00231-4     Document Type: Article

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