River red gum and white cypress forests in south-western New South Wales, Australia: Ecological history and implications for conservation of grassy woodlands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2593-2601

  Jurskis, Vic ^a  

^a State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal management; Conservation; Ecological history; Grassy woodlands; River red gum; White cypress

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINAL MANAGEMENT; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOLOGICAL HISTORY; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; EXOTIC PLANTS; FERAL ANIMALS; GRASSY WOODLANDS; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NATURAL CONDITIONS; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; PALAEOECOLOGY; PARASITIC PLANTS; SMALL AREA; WHITE CYPRESS;

ANIMALS; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; RESTORATION; RIVERS;

ECOLOGY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS BURNING; DICOTYLEDON; DOMESTIC WORK; DROUGHT STRESS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAGOMORPH; NATURE CONSERVATION; PALEOECOLOGY; RESILIENCE; SAPLING; SHRUB; THINNING; TIMBER; WATERING POINT; WOODLAND;

ANIMALS; CALLITRIS; CONSERVATION; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION; RIVERS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANIMALIA; CALLITRIS COLUMELLARIS; CUPRESSUS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 70349742767     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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