Small mammals and retention islands: An experimental study of animal response to alternative logging practices

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2070-2078

  Lindenmayer, D B ^a   Knight, E ^a,b   McBurney, L ^a   Michael, D ^a   Banks, S C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active adaptive management experiment; Forest biodiversity; Logging experiment; Mountain Ash forest; Small terrestrial mammals; South eastern Australia; Variable retention harvesting

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT EXPERIMENT; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; FOREST BIODIVERSITY; LOGGING EXPERIMENT; MOUNTAIN ASH FOREST; SMALL TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS; VARIABLE RETENTIONS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; LANDFORMS; MAMMALS; REFORESTATION;

EXPERIMENTS;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; LANDSCAPE; LOGGING (TIMBER); REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE; SMALL MAMMAL; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [VICTORIA]; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

ANIMALIA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; MAMMALIA; SORBUS;

EID: 78049258220     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.08.047     Document Type: Article

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