Log decomposition rates in Tasmanian Eucalyptus obliqua determined using an indirect chronosequence approach

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 389-397

  Grove, Simon J ^a,b,c   Stamm, Lee ^a   Barry, Christopher ^d  

^a Division of Forest Research and Development   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d Chris Barry Associates   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Coarse woody debris; Log decay; Lowland tall wet eucalypt forest; Wood density

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; LOG DECAY; LOWLAND TALL WET EUCALYPT FOREST; WOOD DENSITY;

DEBRIS; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY; RATE CONSTANTS;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

CHRONOSEQUENCE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; WILDFIRE;

DECAY; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; LOGS; WOOD DENSITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS OBLIQUA;

EID: 67649331695     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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