Patterns of phytophagous insect herbivory and abundance on juvenile regrowth of Eucalyptus subgenera coexisting in southeastern Tasmania

Austral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 430-442

  Wotherspoon, K P ^a,b  

^a Dept of Geogr and Environ Studies ^*  (Australia)

^b FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community structure; Eucalyptus globulus; Eucalyptus obliqua; Eucalyptus pulchella; Eucalyptus viminalis; Leaf damage; Monocalyptus; Symphyomyrtus

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044378381     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1998.tb00751.x     Document Type: Article

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