Eucalypt health and agricultural land management within bushland remnants in the Midlands of Tasmania, Australia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 439-446

  Davidson, Neil J ^a,b   Close, Dugald C ^b,c   Battaglia, Michael ^a,d   Churchill, Keith ^a,d   Ottenschlaeger, Maria ^a,d   Watson, Timothy ^a,b   Bruce, Jody ^d  

^a CRC for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d Ensis   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; Fire; Grazing; Patch size; Tree decline; Tree dieback

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BUSHLAND; EVERGREEN TREE; LAND MANAGEMENT; MICROCLIMATE; REGENERATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

BRYOPHYTA; EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 34548528386     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.07.019     Document Type: Article

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