Windthrow in Tasmania, Australia: Monitoring, prediction and management

Forestry

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 415-427

  Wood, M J ^a   Scott, R ^a   Volker, P W ^a   Mannes, D J ^a  

^a FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GIS; HARVESTING; LIDAR; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILVICULTURE; SOIL DRAINAGE; THINNING; WINDTHROW; WOOD QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EUCALYPTUS; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 49749092682     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpn005     Document Type: Article

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