The impact of timing and duration of grass control on growth of a young Eucalyptus globulus Labill. plantation

New Forests

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-165

  Adams, P R ^a,b,c   Beadle, C L ^a,d   Mendham, N J ^b   Smethurst, P J ^a,d  

^a Forestry Tasmania ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Critical period method; Eucalypts; Grass; Soil water and nitrogen

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GROWTH KINETICS; IRRIGATION;

GRASS CONTROL;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GRASS; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; IRRIGATION; PLANTATION; WEED CONTROL;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; HOLCUS; HOLCUS LANATUS;

EID: 0041709559     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024490707175     Document Type: Article

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