Forest structure, habitat and carbon benefits from thinning floodplain forests: Managing early stand density makes a difference

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This research was funded by an ARC linkage grant (LP0560518) which was partially funded by the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) and four Catchment Management Authorities (Mallee, North Central, Goulburn-Broken and North East). GJH acknowledges the financial support of the Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment. We thank Mr. J.P. Wright, who initiated the thinning trial, and the staff of DSEs Forest Resource Analysis & Modelling unit for providing the growth data. We would like to thank Laura Williams and Greg Horrocks for assisting with the treehollow surveys. The State of Victoria does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of information in this publication and any person using or relying upon such information does so on the basis that the State of Victoria shall bear no responsibility or liability whatsoever for any errors, faults, defects or omissions in the information. This is publication no. 186 from the Australian Centre for Biodiversity.