Mammalian browsing damage in the Mt. Cole State forest, southeastern Australia: Analysis of browsing patterns, spatial relationships and browse selection

New Forests

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-61

  Di Stefano, Julian ^a  

^a Forest Science Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Browse; Damage; Dietary selection; Eucalyptus spp.; Native forests; Regeneration; Swamp wallaby; Wallabia bicolor

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; ECOLOGY; RESEARCH; SEED;

BROWSING REDUCTION; FOREST EDGE; MAMMALIAN BROWSING; REGENERATION;

FORESTRY;

BROWSING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MARSUPIAL; REGENERATION;

ECOLOGY; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTS; GERMINATION; GROWTH; MAMMALS; RESEARCH; SEEDS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WORLD;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EUCALYPTUS OBLIQUA; EUCALYPTUS VIMINALIS; MAMMALIA; VICTORIA; WALLABIA BICOLOR;

EID: 17644366516     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-004-6767-8     Document Type: Article

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