Old forest, new perspectives-Insights from the Mountain Ash forests of the Central Highlands of Victoria, south-eastern Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 357-365

  Lindenmayer, David B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fire; Forest management; Mountain Ash forest; Old growth; Salvage logging

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MOUNTAIN ASH FOREST; OLD GROWTH; SALVAGE LOGGING;

BIODIVERSITY; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); VEGETATION;

LANDFORMS;

COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING (TIMBER); OLD-GROWTH FOREST; OVERSTORY; REGROWTH; STAND STRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LOGGING; PLANTS; SALVAGE;

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

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; SORBUS;

EID: 67649371657     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.049     Document Type: Article

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