Insect Herbivory in a Eucalyptus maculata Forest on the South Coast of New South Wales

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 735-742

  Pook, E W ^a   Gill, A M ^a   Moore, P H R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; HERBIVORY; INSECT; REGROWTH;

ANIMALIA; EUCALYPTUS MACULATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0032432052     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: 14449862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT97016     Document Type: Article

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