Aerial sowing stopped the loss of alpine ash (Eucalyptus delegatensis) forests burnt by three short-interval fires in the Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 342, Issue , 2015, Pages 39-48

  Bassett, Owen D ^a   Prior, Lynda D ^b   Slijkerman, Carolyn M ^c   Jamieson, Daniel ^d   Bowman, David M J S ^b  

^a Forest Solutions   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c Department of Environment and Primary Industries ^*  (Australia)

^d Kinglake National Park   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerial sowing; Eucalypt forest; Obligate seeder; Seedling survival; Type conversion; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

FIRES; REFORESTATION;

EUCALYPT FOREST; FOREST VEGETATION; OBLIGATE SEEDER; REGENERATION FAILURE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEEDLING SURVIVAL; VICTORIA , AUSTRALIA; WILDFIRE;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS BURNING; EVERGREEN FOREST; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; OVERSTORY; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SILVICULTURE; SOWING; SURVIVAL;

EUCALYPTUS; FOREST FIRES; FORESTS;

ALPINE NATIONAL PARK; ALPS; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EUCALYPTUS DELEGATENSIS;

EID: 84922360549     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.01.008     Document Type: Article

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