Early impacts of harvesting and burning disturbances on vegetation communities in the Warra silvicultural systems trial, Tasmania, Australia

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 701-712

  Neyland, Mark G ^a   Jarman, S Jean ^a,b  

^a FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Tasmanian Herbarium   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEARCUTTING; EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLORISTICS; FOREST FIRE; GROUP SELECTION; HARVESTING; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFOREST; SILVICULTURE; UNDERSTORY; VASCULAR PLANT;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; TASMANIA; WARRA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS OBLIQUA;

EID: 84856913655     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT11081     Document Type: Article

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