Attributes of logs on the floor of Australian Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans) forests of different ages

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 123, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 195-203

  Lindenmayer, D B ^a   Incoll, R D ^a   Cunningham, R B ^a   Donnelly, C F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age classes; Forest floor architecture; Logs; Mountain Ash forest; South eastern Australia

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; FOREST FLOOR; WOODY DEBRIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033536942     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00047-X     Document Type: Article

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