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.
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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.