Broad decline of populations of large old trees

Conservation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 72-73

  Lindenmayer, David B ^a   Banks, Sam C ^a   Laurance, William F ^b   Franklin, Jerry F ^c   Likens, Gene E ^d,e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Decline; Old trees; Tree conservation; Trees

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893128408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12079     Document Type: Article

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