Managing small remnants of native forest to increase biodiversity within plantation landscapes in the south west of Western Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1254-1264

  Archibald, Robert D ^a,b   Craig, Michael D ^a   Bialkowski, Katarzyna ^a,b   Howe, Chris ^a,b   Burgess, Treena I ^a,b   Hardy, Giles E St J ^a,b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Eucalyptus globulus; Plantations; Remnant vegetation; Weed invasion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; EDGE EFFECT; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; LANDSCAPE SCALE; MUS MUSCULUS; NATIVE FORESTS; NATIVE TREES; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANTATION ESTABLISHMENT; PLANTATIONS; RAPID RATE; REGENERATION FAILURE; REMNANT VEGETATION; SEED SET; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SURFACE SOIL; TREE DECLINE; UNDERSTOREY; WEED INVASION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; MAMMALS; NUTRIENTS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

REFORESTATION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COTTON; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EDGE EFFECT; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRAZING; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PASTURE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NUTRIENT; TRAPPING; UNDERSTORY; VERTEBRATE; WEED;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; MAMMALS; NUTRIENTS; PLANTATIONS; REFORESTATION; SOIL; WEEDS;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79951952185     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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