308 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
Contents
Part I: Introduction and background. Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Background -- Ch. 3. Field survey methods -- Part II: Forest cover and composition of the forest. Ch. 4.The ash-type eucalypt forest -- Ch. 5. The rainforest -- Part III: The structure of the forest. Ch. 6. Key structural features: overstorey trees with hollows -- Ch. 7. Key structural features: understorey trees and the shrub layer -- Ch. 8. Key structural features: logs -- Part IV: Animal occurrence. Ch. 9. Distribution and abundance of individual species -- Ch. 10. Viability of populations of individual species -- Ch. 11. Composition of animal communities -- Part V: Disturbance regimes. Ch. 12. Natural disturbance regimes: fire -- Ch. 13. Human disturbance: logging -- Ch. 14. Salvage logging effects -- Part VI: Forest management and biodiversity conservation -- Ch. 15. Reserves -- Ch. 16. Mitigating logging impacts -- Ch. 17. Monitoring -- Part VII: Conclusions and future directions. Ch. 18. Conclusions and future directions
Summary
A major synthesis of 25 years of intensive research about the montane ash forests of Victoria, which support the world's tallest flowering plants and several of Australia's most high profile threatened and/or endangered species
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-302) and index
Notes
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