Patterns of basal area increment, mortality and recruitment were related to logging intensity in subtropical rainforest in Australia over 35 years

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 218, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 319-328

  Smith, R G B ^a   Nichols, J D ^b  

^a State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Silviculture; Stand dynamics; Stand turnover

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GROWTH KINETICS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); RAIN;

DISTURBANCES; LIANAS; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND TURNOVERS;

FORESTRY;

LOGGING (TIMBER); MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT; SILVICULTURE; STAND DYNAMICS;

BASAL AREA; BIODIVERSITY; GROWTH; LOGGING; MORTALITY; SILVICULTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; WIANGARIE STATE FOREST; WORLD;

EID: 26444507874     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.08.030     Document Type: Article

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