Competition in mixed stands of Pinus radiata and Eucalyptus obliqua

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-99

  Bi, Huiquan ^a   Turvey, Nigel D ^b  

^a State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth; Mortality; Neighbour effects; Stem form; Trees

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; NEIGHBOURHOOD EFFECT;

EUCALYPTUS OBLIQUA; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 0029769687     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2405018     Document Type: Article

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