Effect of silvicultural system on vascular flora in a wet sclerophyll forest in south-eastern Tasmania

Australian Forestry

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 247-257

  Wapstra, M ^a   Duncan, F ^a   Williams, K ^b,c   Walsh, D ^b  

^a Forest Practices Authority   (Australia)

^b FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Botanical composition; Clear felling; Flora; Forest management; Logging effects; Plant ecology; Sclerophyllous forests; Silvicultural systems; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FIRES; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MOISTURE; PRODUCTIVITY; RAIN; ROCKS; SEED; SUBSTRATES; VEGETATION;

SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS; VASCULAR FLORA;

FORESTRY;

DICKSONIA; DICKSONIA ANTARCTICA; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 0348233392     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2003.10674919     Document Type: Article

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