Landscape processes and eucalypt dieback associated with bell miner habitat in south-eastern Australia

Australian Forestry

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 242-250

  Wardell Johnson, Grant ^a   Lynch, A Jasmyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bell miner; Dieback; Eucalyptus; Forest management; Herbivores; Landscape ecology; Literature reviews; Manorina melanophrys; Psyllids

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; LANDSLIDES;

BELL MINER; DIEBACK; HERBIVORES; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MANORINA MELANOPHRYS;

FORESTRY;

AUSTRALIA; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; HERBICIDES;

EUCALYPTUS; MANORINA MELANOPHRYS; PSYLLIDAE;

EID: 30344466392     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2005.10674972     Document Type: Article

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