Test of a system to predict productivity of eucalypt plantations in Tasmania

Australian Forestry

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 57-63

  Osler, G H R ^a,d   West, P W ^a,b,e   Laffan, M D ^c  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Temperate Hardwood Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0002223817     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.1996.10674670     Document Type: Article

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