A tree hollow dynamics simulation model

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 123, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 179-194

  Ball, I R ^a   Lindenmayer, D B ^b   Possingham, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cavities; Forest ecosystems; Forest management; Hollows

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST DYNAMICS; TIMBER HARVESTING; TREE;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; SORBUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0033536936     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00026-2     Document Type: Article

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