Early responses of bats to alternative silvicultural treatments in wet eucalypt forests of Tasmania

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-47

  Law, Bradley S ^a   Law, Peter R ^b  

^a Department of Primary Industries   (Australia)

^b PRLDB Modeling   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecomorphology; LTER; Silviculture; Variable retention

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BASELINE SURVEY; BAT; BREEDING SEASON; CLEARCUTTING; DICOTYLEDON; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LOGGING (TIMBER); RAINFOREST; RESEARCH WORK; SILVICULTURE; UNDERSTORY;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 84861356962     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC110036     Document Type: Article

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