Ecosystem assessment of mountain ash forest in the Central Highlands of Victoria, south-eastern Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 386-399

  Burns, Emma L ^a,b   Lindenmayer, David B ^a,b,c   Stein, John ^a   Blanchard, Wade ^a   McBurney, Lachlan ^a,b   Blair, David ^a,b   Banks, Sam C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate; Ecosystem collapse; Fire; Logging; Mountain ash

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST FIRE; LOGGING (TIMBER); MONTANE FOREST; RED LIST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [VICTORIA]; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

SORBUS;

EID: 84929943187     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12200     Document Type: Article

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