Impact of fire on leaf nutrients, arthropod fauna and herbivory of native and exotic eucalypts in Kings Park, Perth, Western Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 500-506

  Radho Toly, Siprianus ^a,c   Majer, Jonathan D ^a   Yates, And Colin ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NUSA CENDANA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Eucalyptus; Fire; Herbivory; Leaf nutrients

Indexed keywords

EID: 0842294432     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2001.01133.x     Document Type: Article

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