From guiding principles for the conservation of forest biodiversity to on-ground practice: Lessons from tree hollow management in Tasmania

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 516-524

  Munks, Sarah A ^a,b,c   Koch, Amelia J ^a,b,c   Wapstra, Mark ^d  

^a Forest Practices Authority   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CRC for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^d ECOtas   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effectiveness monitoring; Forest management; Implementation monitoring; Off reserve management; Production forests; Reserves; Spatial scale; Tree cavities; Tree hollows

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; IMPLEMENTATION MONITORING; OFF-RESERVE MANAGEMENT; RESERVES; SPATIAL SCALE; TREE CAVITIES; TREE HOLLOWS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; MANAGEMENT; OCEAN HABITATS; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NATURE CONSERVATION;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; MANAGEMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; TREES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 67649373575     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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