An experimental field study of the effects of mammalian herbivore damage on Eucalyptus nitens seedlings

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 113, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 241-249

  Bulinski, James ^a   McArthur, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Browsing; Damage; Eucalyptus; Growth; Herbivore; Survival

Indexed keywords

CROP DAMAGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBIVORY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SEEDLING;

EID: 0033601734     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00430-7     Document Type: Article

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