Early growth of six native Australian tree species in windbreaks and their effect on potato growth in tropical northern Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-34

  Sun, D ^a,b   Dickinson, G R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Callistemon; Crop; Eucalvptus; Melaleuca; Tree morphology; Wind damage

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; POTATO; WINDBREAK; YIELD;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND;

CALLISTEMON SALIGNUS; CALLISTEMON VIMINALLIS; EUCALYPTUS MICROCORYS; EUCALYPTUS TESSELLARIS; EUCALYPTUS TORELLIANA; MELALEUCA ARMILLARIS; MELALLEUCA LINARIIFOLIA; MYRTACEAE; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030613060     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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