Integrating forest biodiversity conservation and restoration ecology principles to recover natural forest ecosystems

New Forests

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 169-181

  Lindenmayer, David B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Forest biodiversity conservation; Landscape heterogeneity; Restoration ecology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; RESTORATION;

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; FOREST BIODIVERSITY; LANDSCAPE HETEROGENEITIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NATURAL FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY;

CONSERVATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HETEROGENEITY; PATTERNS; RESTORATION;

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

EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; SORBUS;

EID: 85064174158     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: 15735095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-018-9633-9     Document Type: Article

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