Survivorship of seedlings of false sandalwood (Myoporum platycarpum) in the chenopod rangelands grazed by sheep, kangaroos and rabbits at Whyalla, South Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 376-387

  Tiver, Fleur ^a   Kiermeier, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Herbivory; Population dynamics; Rangelands; Regeneration; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; JUVENILE; RANGELAND; SEEDLING; SEMIARID REGION; SHEEP; SHRUB;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

MACROPODIDAE; MYOPORUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; PLATYCARPUM; SANTALACEAE; SCROPHULARIACEAE;

EID: 33645873937     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01566.x     Document Type: Article

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