Development of forest structure on cleared rainforest land in eastern Australia under different styles of reforestation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 183, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 265-280

  Kanowski, J ^a   Catterall, C P ^a   Wardell Johnson, G W ^b   Proctor, H ^a,c   Reis, T ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mixed species plantation; Monoculture plantation; Restoration planting; Secondary forest; Structural complexity

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; ECOLOGY; RAIN;

RAINFORESTS;

REFORESTATION;

MIXED FOREST; MONOCULTURE; PLANTATION; RAINFOREST; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY FOREST; STAND STRUCTURE;

(EAST); AUSTRALIA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0042695564     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00109-9     Document Type: Article

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