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Author Lindenmayer, David.

Title Forest pattern and ecological process : a synthesis of 25 years of research / David Lindenmayer
Published Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., 2009

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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
Myrtaceae
Eucalyptus regnans
Mountain ash
Forestry (Australia, Victoria)
Ecology & environmental science (Australia, Victoria)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Eucalyptus regnans -- Ecology -- Australia -- Victoria
Forest ecology -- Australia -- Victoria
Forest conservation -- Australia -- Victoria
Biodiversity conservation -- Australia -- Victoria
NATURE -- Plants -- General.
Biodiversity conservation
Forest conservation
Forest ecology
Victoria
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780643098305
0643098305
1283155583
9781283155588
9780643096608
0643096604