Effects of forest fragment management on vegetation condition and maintenance of canopy composition in a New Zealand pastoral landscape

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-166

  Burns, B R ^a   Floyd, C G ^a   Smale, M C ^a   Arnold, G C ^a  

^a NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Beilschmiedia tawa; Fencing; Fragmentation; Mammal pest control; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DOMINANCE; FERN; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MAMMAL; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATIVE SPECIES; PASTORALISM; PEST CONTROL; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAPLING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHADE TOLERANCE; SHRUB;

NEW ZEALAND;

BEILSCHMIEDIA TAWA; BOS; FILICOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 79953048069     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02130.x     Document Type: Article

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