Conservation of tropical forest tree species in a native timber plantation landscape

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 339, Issue , 2015, Pages 96-104

  Pryde, Elizabeth C ^a   Holland, Greg J ^b   Watson, Simon J ^c   Turton, Stephen M ^a   Nimmo, Dale G ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersal mode; Native Eucalyptus plantation; Papua New Guinea; Production landscape; Successional stage

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; LAND USE; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS; TIMBER; TROPICS;

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION VALUES; DISPERSAL MODE; EUCALYPTUS PLANTATIONS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SUCCESSIONAL STAGES; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; LAND USE CHANGE; MATURATION; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SUCCESSION; TIMBER; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

CONSERVATION; EUCALYPTUS; PLANNING; PLANTATIONS; PRODUCTION;

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO; NEW BRITAIN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS DEGLUPTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84920127613     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.11.028     Document Type: Article

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