Use of high spectral resolution remote sensing to determine leaf palatability of eucalypt trees for folivorous marsupials

ITC Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 328-336

  Dury, Steve ^a   Turner, Brian ^a   Foley, Bill ^a   Wallis, Ian ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Folivorous marsupial; Laboratory spectrometry; Leaf; Near infrared spectroscopy; Palatability; Plant secondary metabolites; Reflectance; Sideroxylonal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142131340     PISSN: 03032434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2434(01)85040-6     Document Type: Article

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