Assessment and monitoring of decline and dieback of forest eucalypts in relation to ecologically sustainable forest management: A review with a case study

Australian Forestry

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-58

  Stone, Christine ^a  

^a State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

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EID: 10044268882     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.1999.10674763     Document Type: Article

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