Understorey thinning and burning trials are needed in conservation reserves: The case of Tuart (Eucalyptus gomphocephala D.C.)

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-112

  Archibald, Robert D ^a   Bradshaw, Jack ^b   Bowen, Barbara J ^a   Close, Dugald C ^c   McCaw, Lachie ^d   Drake, Paul L ^e   Hardy, Giles E St J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Tasmania ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^e Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Agonis flexuosa; Ecological thinning; Fire management; Tree decline

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; NATURE RESERVE; POPULATION DECLINE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGENERATION; THINNING; UNDERSTORY;

AUSTRALIA;

AGONIS FLEXUOSA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GOMPHOCEPHALA; MENTHA X PIPERITA;

EID: 77955067702     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2010.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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