From little things big things grow: The Warra Silvicultural Systems Trial in Tasmanian wet Eucalyptus obliqua forest

Allgemeine Forst- und Jagdzeitung

Volumn 177, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 113-119

  Hickey, John E ^a   Neyland, M G ^b   Grove, S J ^b   Edwards, L G ^b  

^a FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Australia; Clear felling; Eucalyptus; Silviculture; Tasmania; Variable retention

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS OBLIQUA;

EID: 33845248038     PISSN: 00025852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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