Variations in composition and yield of leaf oils from alley-farmed oil mallees (Eucalyptus spp.) at a range of contrasting sites in the Western Australian wheatbelt

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 205-217

  Wildy, Dan T ^a   Pate, John S ^a   Bartle, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Farm Forest U Locked Bag 104 B ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

1,8 Cineole yield; Alley culture; Coppice growth; Eucalyptus oil composition

Indexed keywords

ALLEY CROPPING; OIL PRODUCTION; SILVICULTURE;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 0034283639     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00258-3     Document Type: Article

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