Nutrient losses from commercial picking and cockatoo removal of Banksia hookeriana blooms at the organ, plant and site levels

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 131-140

  Witkowski, E T F ^a   Lamont, Byron B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Mediterranean type ecosystem; Nutrient allocation patterns; Proteaceae; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BANKSIA HOOKERIANA; CACATUA SULPHUREA; PSITTACIDAE;

COCKATOO; FLOWER; HARVESTING; NUTRIENT LOSS;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0029668081     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2405022     Document Type: Article

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