Rain forest recovery from dieback, Queensland, Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2073-2077

  Metcalfe, Daniel J ^a   Bradford, Matt G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basal area; Dieback; Post infection recovery; Rain forest; Wet Tropics World Heritage Area

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DIES; FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; DIEBACK; POST-INFECTION RECOVERY; RAIN FOREST; WET TROPICS WORLD HERITAGE AREA;

RAIN;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BASAL AREA; BIODIVERSITY; DICOTYLEDON; DIEBACK; DISTURBANCE; HEIGHT; MORTALITY; RAINFOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STEM; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

BIODIVERSITY; DIES; FORESTRY; RAIN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ELAEOCARPACEAE;

EID: 55549087525     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.07.040     Document Type: Article

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