Forestcheck: The response of macro-invertebrates to silviculture in jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) forest

Australian Forestry

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 315-327

  Farr, Janet D ^a   Wills, Allan J ^a   Van Heurck, Paul F ^a   Mellican, Amanda E ^a   Williams, Matthew R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Communities; Eucalyptus marginata; Invertebrates; Silviculture; Surveys; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); NOBELIUM; SURVEYING; TIMBER;

EQUIVALENT SAMPLINGS; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; INVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES; INVERTEBRATES; NON-METRIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; SILVICULTURE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

FORESTRY;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84855268316     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2011.10676375     Document Type: Article

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