Sapling and coppice biomass production by alley-farmed ‘oil mallee’ Eucalyptus species in the Western Australian wheatbelt

Australian Forestry

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-157

  Wildy, Dan T ^a   Bartle, John R ^b   Pate, John S ^a   Arthur, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Farm Forestry Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Growth modelling; Lignotuber; Oil mallees; Salinity; Short rotation coppice forestry; Water availability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001255062     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2000.10674825     Document Type: Article

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