Light environment and tree development of young Acacia melanoxylon in mixed-species regrowth forest, Tasmania, Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 233, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 240-249

  Unwin, G L ^a,b   Jennings, S M ^c   Hunt, M A ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CRC ^*  (Australia)

^c FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia melanoxylon; Mixed species; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EXTERNAL IRRADIANCE; MELANOXYLON FOREST CANOPY; MIXED SPECIES; PLANTATION NURSE SYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLANTATION; PRUNING; SILVICULTURE; TREE;

ACACIA MELANOXYLON; BIODIVERSITY; CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; NOTHOFAGUS CUNNINGHAMII;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

ACACIA; ACACIA MELANOXYLON; EUCALYPTUS; MELANOXYLON; POMADERRIS;

EID: 33748712754     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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