Vegetation Extent
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Evidence & Context
"the retention target is 7 to 12 well-spaced trees per hectare, which are left to provide a source of natural seedfall"
Minimum number of seed-bearing trees to be retained per hectare.
This benchmark defines the minimum number of well-spaced seed-bearing trees to retain per hectare to ensure natural seedfall.
Necessary for the natural recovery of forest cover following harvest.
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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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