Effects of windthrow on a stand of eucalyptus delegatensis (Myrtaceae) and early understorey succession at snowy river national park, Victoria

Australian Forestry

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-58

  Florentine, S K ^a   Westbrooke, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpine ash; Eucalyptus delegatensis; Plant colonisation; Plant succession; Regeneration; Seedbeds; Seedlings; Wind damage

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HARDWOODS; SEED; SOILS;

ALPHINE ASH; PLANT COLONIZATION; PLANT SUCCESSION; SEEDBEDS; WIND DAMAGE;

FORESTRY;

EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; GERMINATION; SEEDLINGS; SOIL; VICTORIA;

ACACIA DEALBATA; EUCALYPTUS DELEGATENSIS; MYRTACEAE; RUBUS FRUTICOSUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 1842811243     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2004.10676206     Document Type: Article

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