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Flooded forest and desert creek : ecology and history of the river red gum /
The river red gum has the most widespread natural distribution of Eucalyptus in Australia, forming extensive forests and woodlands in south-eastern Australia and providing the structural and functional elements of important floodplain and wetland ecosystems. Along ephemeral creeks in the arid Centre...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Collingwood, Vic. :
CSIRO Publishing,
2014.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part 1. Unfolding forest
- 1. Floodplain and river
- 2. Names and relationships
- 3. Life history
- 4. River red gum as an ecosystem engineer
- Part 2. Forces of change
- 5. Fire
- 6. Grazing
- 7. Timber harvesting
- 8. Flood, drought and river regulation
- Part 3. From exploitation to conservation and multiple values
- 9. River red gum consciousness
- 10. Conservation and multiple values
- 11. Future of the river red gum.