Establishment of the Box-Ironbark ecological thinning trial in north central Victoria

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-122

  Patrick Pigott, J ^a   Palmer, Grant P ^a   Yen, Alan L ^b   Tolsma, Arn D ^c   Brown, Geoff W ^c   Gibson, Matt S ^a   Wright, John R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b Knoxfield Centre   (Australia)

^c ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d Parks Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Box Ironbark forests and woodlands; Ecological thinning; Habitat restoration

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; PATCHINESS; THINNING; WOODLAND; WOODY DEBRIS;

AUSTRALIA; BENDIGO; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 80055080583     PISSN: 00359211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/rs10020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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