Description |
1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Cover; Preamble; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Part I Introductionand background; 1 Introduction; 2 Background; 3 Field survey methods; Part II Forest cover andcomposition of theforest; 4 The ash-type eucalypt forest; 5 The rainforest; Part III The structure ofthe forest; 6 Key structural features: overstoreytrees with hollows; Colour Plates; 7 Key structural features:understorey trees and theshrub layer; 8 Key structural features: logs; Part IV Animal occurrence; 9 Distribution and abundance ofindividual species; 10 Viability of populations ofindividual species |
Summary |
2010 Whitley Certificate of Commendation for Zoological TextForest Pattern and Ecological Process is a major synthesis of 25 years of intensiveresearch about the montane ash forests of Victoria, which support the world's tallestflowering plants and several of Australia's most high profile threatened and/orendangered species. It draws together major insights based on over 170 publishedscientific papers and books, offering a previously unrecognised set of perspectivesof how forests function. The book combines key strands of research on wildfires, biodiversity conservation, logging, conservation ma |
Analysis |
Forest ecology |
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Myrtaceae |
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Eucalyptus regnans |
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Mountain ash |
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Forestry (Australia, Victoria) |
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Ecology & environmental science (Australia, Victoria) |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Eucalyptus regnans -- Ecology -- Australia -- Victoria
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Forest ecology -- Australia -- Victoria
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Forest conservation -- Australia -- Victoria
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Biodiversity conservation -- Australia -- Victoria
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NATURE -- Plants -- General.
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Biodiversity conservation
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Forest conservation
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Forest ecology
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Victoria
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780643098305 |
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0643098305 |
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1283155583 |
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9781283155588 |
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9780643096608 |
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0643096604 |
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