Longer-term response to experimental manipulation of fallen timber on forest floors of floodplain forest in south-eastern Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 229, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 155-160

  Mac Nally, Ralph ^a  

^a Policy and Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian models; Brown treecreeper; Eucalyptus camaldulensis; Habitat manipulations; River red gum; WinBUGS; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; TIMBER;

BAYESIAN MODELS; BROWN TREECREEPERS; HABITAT MANIPULATIONS; RIVER RED GUM; WINBUGS; WOODY DEBRIS;

FORESTRY;

BURNING; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FOREST FLOOR; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT; TIMBER; WOODLAND;

ECOLOGY; EUCALYPTUS ROSTRATA; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

AVES; CLIMACTERIS PICUMNUS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS;

EID: 33646909733     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.03.024     Document Type: Article

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