The East Gippsland Silvicultural Systems Project II: Germination and early survival of eucalypt regeneration

Australian Forestry

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 182-197

  Faunt, Karen ^a,b   Geary, Peter ^a,b   Cunningham, Ross ^c   Gibbons, Phil ^a,b  

^a Land Systems Division   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clearcutting; Eucalyptus; Fire; Growth; Regeneration; Seed germination; Seed sources; Shelterwood system; Silvicultural systems; Site preparation; Stocking density; Surveys; Survival; Victoria

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FORESTRY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CLEARCUTTING; SEED SOURCES; SHELTERWOOD SYSTEMS; SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FARM CROPS; FORESTRY; GERMINATION; PLANTS; SILVICULTURE; STOCKING DENSITY;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 33749572667     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2006.10674999     Document Type: Article

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