What strategies are effective for perpetuating structures provided by old trees in harvested forests? A case study on trees with hollows in south-eastern Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 975-982

  Gibbons, Philip ^a   McElhinny, Chris ^a   Lindenmayer, David B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cavity; Certification; Habitat tree; Legacy tree; Old growth; Snag; Wildlife tree

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOREST CERTIFICATION SCHEMES; HARVESTED STANDS; MULTIPLE ROTATION; NATURAL FORESTS; OLD-GROWTH; RETAINING STRUCTURE; SIMULATION MODEL; TIME LAG; WOOD PRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

HARVESTING;

CERTIFICATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; MORTALITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNAG; SUSTAINABILITY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BEARINGS; CERTIFICATION; COMPUTERS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY; SIMULATION; TREES; WOOD PRODUCTS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77955510957     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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