Passive clearing of native vegetation: Livestock damage to remnant jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) woodlands in Western Australia

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-106

  Pettit, N E ^a   Ladd, P G ^b   Froend, R H ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRAZING PRESSURE; LIVESTOCK; PLANT COMMUNITY; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA;

EID: 0032455444     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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