Long-term patterns in the decay, collapse, and abundance of trees with hollows in the mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) forests of Victoria, southeastern Australia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-54

  Lindenmayer, David B ^a   Wood, Jeff T ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; MOUNTAIN ASH; MULTI-AGED STANDS; OLD GROWTH; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; TIME-DEPENDENT DYNAMICS;

FORESTRY;

LANDFORMS;

EVERGREEN TREE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MONTANE FOREST; NESTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGROWTH; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; STAND STRUCTURE; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; GROWTH; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREES;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; SORBUS;

EID: 75649102469     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-185     Document Type: Article

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