Vegetation Extent
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Evidence & Context
"On dry sites (receiving <1000 mm of rainfall per year), the zone of suppression for regeneration occurs when the basal area of retained trees exceeds 12 m² per hectare."
Maximum density threshold on moisture-limited sites.
This benchmark defines the maximum basal area per hectare on dry sites beyond which regeneration is suppressed in production forestry.
Defines the point where excess canopy extent causes ecological harm to recruitment.
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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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