Revegetation to combat tree decline in the Midlands and Derwent Valley Lowlands of Tasmania: Practices for improved plant establishment

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-36

  Close, Dugald C ^a   Davidson, Neil J ^b  

^a Coop Res Ctr Sustainable Prod F ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Browsing; Competition; Direct seeding; Drought; Seedling establishment; Site preparation; Treeguards

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; REVEGETATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TREE PLANTING;

AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; ALLOCASUARINA; ALLOCASUARINA VERTICILLATA; QUERCUS;

EID: 0038406110     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-8903.2003.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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