Post-wildfire seedling colonisation patterns in a Eucalyptus delegatensis (Myrtaceae) windthrow site at Snowy River National Park, Victoria

Australian Forestry

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-53

  Florentine, S K ^a   Milberg, P ^b   Gibson, M ^a   Westbrooke, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acacia dealbata; Eucalyptus delegatensis; Fire; Mortality; Regeneration; Seedbeds; Survival; Topography; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GROWTH KINETICS; SOILS; TOPOGRAPHY;

SEEDLING COLONISATION; WINDSTORM;

FORESTRY;

ACACIA DEALBATA; BIODIVERSITY; EUCALYPTUS DELEGATENSIS; FORESTRY; GROWTH;

ACACIA; ACACIA DEALBATA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS DELEGATENSIS; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 42349096020     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2008.10676270     Document Type: Article

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