Wood and biomass production of Leucaena in subtropical Australia

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 195-205

  Mullen, B F ^a   Gutteridge, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fuelwood; Growth index; Leucaena hybrids; Psyllids

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BIOMASS; FUELWOOD; GROWTH;

AUSTRALIA;

HETEROPSYLLA; HETEROPSYLLA CUBANA; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA DIVERSIFOLIA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCAENA PALLIDA; LEUCAENA TRICHANDRA; PSYLLIDAE;

EID: 0036034291     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020570115918     Document Type: Article

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