Adaptive silviculture in regrowth eucalypt forests in Victoria and the implications for water, wood, wildlife and wildfire

Australian Forestry

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 173-182

  Ryan, Michael ^a  

^a VicForests   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ash; Eucalypts; Fire; Silviculture; Stand density; Victoria; Water; Wildlife; Wood

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTS; SILVICULTURE; STAND DENSITIES; VICTORIA; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ASHES; BIODIVERSITY; LOGGING (FORESTRY); WATER; WOOD;

FIRES;

ANIMALS; ASH; FIRES; LOGGING; WATER; WOOD;

EID: 84889880685     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2013.842461     Document Type: Article

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