Regeneration after 8 years in artificial canopy gaps in Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans F. Muell.) forest in south-eastern Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 244, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 102-111

  Van Der Meer, Peter J ^a,b   Dignan, Paul ^b,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative silvicultural systems; Australia; Clearfell; Eucalyptus regnans; Forest gaps; Group selection; Mountain Ash; Sapling growth; Understorey competition

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; HARVESTING; RAIN;

ALTERNATIVE SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS; FOREST GAPS; GROUP SELECTION; SAPLING GROWTH; UNDERSTOREY COMPETITION;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY GAP; CLEARCUTTING; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DICOTYLEDON; FOREST CLEARANCE; GAP DYNAMICS; HARVESTING; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SILVICULTURE;

EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; RAIN; SILVICULTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; SORBUS;

EID: 34248337526     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.055     Document Type: Article

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