The East Gippsland Silvicultural Systems Project. I: The establishment of the project in lowland forest

Australian Forestry

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-181

  Squire, Ross ^a,b   Geary, Peter ^a   Lutze, Mark ^a,b  

^a Land Systems Division   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clearcutting; Eucalyptus; Fire; Harvesting; Regeneration; Safety; Seed sources; Shelterwood system; Silvicultural systems; Site preparation; Victoria

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CROPS; HARVESTING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CLEARCUTTING; SHELTERWOOD SYSTEMS; SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

FARM CROPS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; SAFETY; SILVICULTURE;

EUCALYPTUS; SORBUS;

EID: 33749549888     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2006.10674998     Document Type: Article

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