Vegetation Extent
Benchmark Value
Scoring Curve
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Contributing Benchmarks
Evidence & Context
"The target range is between 12 m²/ha and 16 m²/ha. Retaining below 12 m²/ha results in reduced seedling recruitment."
Basal area per hectare retained to protect regeneration.
This benchmark defines the minimum basal area per hectare that must be retained to protect seedling recruitment in production forestry.
Critical lower limit for seedling protection from frost and exposure.
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Technical Bulletin 5: Silvicultural systems for native eucalypt forests
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Additional references from the underlying research that informed this benchmark.
Management Standards and Procedures for timber harvesting operations in Victoria’s State forests
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Monitoring Eucalyptus delegatensis in Tasmania
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Policy for Maintaining a Permanent Native Forest Estate
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VNPA-Alpine-Ash-forests-of-mainland-Australia
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