Fallen-timber loads on southern Murray-Darling Basin floodplains: History, dynamics and the current state of Barmah-Millewa

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-110

  Mac Nally, Ralph ^a   Parkinson, Amber ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Eucalyptus camaldulensis; Historical wood loads; Restoration

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; TIMBER; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BARMAH-MILLEWA FOREST; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS;

EID: 33644507173     PISSN: 00359211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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