Part I Introduction and background ............................. 1
1 Introduction ................................................. 3
2 Background ................................................... 9
3 Field survey methods ........................................ 29
Part II Forest cover and composition of the forest ............ 45
4 The ash-type eucalypt forest ................................ 47
5 The rainforest .............................................. 61
Part III The structure of the forest .......................... 71
6 Key structural features: overstorey trees with hollows ...... 73
Colour Plates .................................................. 85
7 Key structural features: understorey trees and the shrub
layer ...................................................... 113
8 Key structural features: logs .............................. 125
Part IV Animal occurrence ..................................... 131
9 Distribution and abundance of individual species ........... 133
10 Viability of populations of individual species ............. 151
11 Composition of animal communities .......................... 167
Part V Disturbance regimes ................................... 179
12 Natural disturbance regimes: fire .......................... 181
13 Human disturbance: logging ................................. 193
14 Salvage logging effects .................................... 205
Part VI Forest management and biodiversity conservation ....... 215
15 Reserves ................................................... 217
16 Mitigating logging impacts ................................. 229
17 Monitoring ................................................. 245
Part VII Conclusions and future directions .................... 255
18 Conclusions and future directions .......................... 257
Bibliography .................................................. 271
Index ......................................................... 303
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