Provenance variation in Fuchsia (Fuchsia excorticata) in relation to palatability to possums

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Sweetapple, Peter ^a   Nugent, Graham ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brushtail possums; Feeding trials; Foliar macro nutrients; Fuchsia; Leaf morphology; Palatability; Provenance variation

Indexed keywords

PALATABILITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PROVENANCE;

NEW ZEALAND;

FUCHSIA EXCORTICATA; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0032698539     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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