Spatial distribution of browsing damage and mammalian herbivores in Tasmanian eucalypt plantations

Australian Forestry

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-33

  Bulinski, James ^a   Mc Arthur, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0041519722     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2000.10674810     Document Type: Article

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