Are gullies best for biodiversity? An empirical examination of Australian wet forest types

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-177

  Lindenmayer, D B ^a   Wood, J T ^a,b   Michael, D ^a   Crane, M ^a   MacGregor, C ^a   Montague Drake, R ^a   McBurney, L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birds; Forest topography; Gullies; Montane ash forest; South eastern Australia; Species richness

Indexed keywords

FOREST TOPOGRAPHY; GULLIES; MONTANE ASH FOREST; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EVERGREEN TREE; GULLY; MONTANE FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ECOLOGY; EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; FORESTRY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TOPOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [VICTORIA]; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

AVES; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS DELEGATENSIS; EUCALYPTUS NITENS; EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; FRAXINUS; SORBUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 65549110927     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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