Principles and practices for biodiversity conservation and restoration forestry: A 30 year case study on the Victorian montane ash forests and the critically endangered Leadbeater's Possum

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 441-460

  Lindenmayer, David B ^a   Blair, David ^a   McBurney, Lachlan ^a   Banks, Sam C ^a   Stein, John A R ^a   Hobbs, Richard J ^b   Likens, Gene E ^c   Franklin, Jerry F ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest conservation principles; Forest restoration principles; Leadbeater's possum; Logging; Mountain ash forest; Reserves; Victoria; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISTURBANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST COVER; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; LOGGING (TIMBER); OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REFORESTATION; REGROWTH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84895808726     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2013.007     Document Type: Article

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