Designing old forest for the future: Old trees as habitat for birds in forests of Mountain Ash Eucalyptus regnans

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 504-515

  Loyn, Richard H ^a   Kennedy, Simon J ^a  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Birds; Cavities; Forest management strategies; Old trees; Wet forests

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CAVITIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; OLD TREES; WET FORESTS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; MAMMALS; OCEAN HABITATS; SILVER;

BIRDS;

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SEASON; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MONTANE FOREST; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SURVIVAL; WILDFIRE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HOLES; MAMMALS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SILVER; TREES;

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

ACACIA; ACACIA DEALBATA; ACANTHORHYNCHUS TENUIROSTRIS; AVES; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; MAMMALIA; MELIPHAGIDAE; PARDALOTUS STRIATUS; PLATYCERCUS ELEGANS; SORBUS; STRIGIFORMES; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 67649307357     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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