Short-term impact of thinning and fertilizer application on Armillaria root disease in regrowth karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor F. Muell.) in Western Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 176, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 417-426

  Robinson, Richard M ^a  

^a Science Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Armillaria luteobubalina; Eucalyptus diversicolor; Thinning intensity

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ECOLOGY; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

TREE THINNING;

FORESTRY;

DISEASE INCIDENCE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FUNGAL DISEASE; REGROWTH; SILVICULTURE; THINNING;

AUSTRALIA;

ARMILLARIA; ARMILLARIA LUTEOBUBALINA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS DIVERSICOLOR;

EID: 0037451719     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00231-1     Document Type: Article

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