Evaluation of the use of pre- and post-harvest bulk density measurements in wet Eucalyptus obliqua forest in Southern Tasmania

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-54

  Pennington, P I ^a   Laffan, M ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus obliqua; Montreal indicators; Montreal process

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; DRAINAGE; FISHERIES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MONITORING; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; SAMPLING; SOILS; VEGETATION;

EUCALYPTUS OBLIQUA; MONTREAL INDICATORS; MONTREAL PROCESS;

FORESTRY;

BULK DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; HARVESTING; SILVICULTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS OBLIQUA;

EID: 1242331004     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2003.11.009     Document Type: Article

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