The incidence of exotic species following clearfelling of Eucalyptus regnans forest in the Central Highlands, Victoria

Austral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 457-465

  Appleby, Matthew W A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Eucalyptus; Exotic species; Germination; Logging; Mountain ash; Soil seed bank; Weed invasion

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044376211     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1998.tb00753.x     Document Type: Article

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