Identifying factors related to the severity of mammalian browsing damage in eucalypt plantations

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 183, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 239-247

  Bulinski, James ^a   McArthur, Clare ^b  

^a Timbercorp   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Browsing; Eucalyptus; Forestry; Herbivores; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETATION;

GRASS COVERS;

ECOLOGY;

BROWSING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MAMMAL; PEST DAMAGE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAND STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS NITENS; FILICOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; PHALANGERIDAE; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS;

EID: 0043196688     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00106-3     Document Type: Article

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