Preferences of two mammalian herbivores for tree seedlings and potential cover crops in plantation forestry

Australian Forestry

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-121

  Miller, Alison M ^a,b   McArthur, Clare ^c   Smethurst, Philip J ^a,d   Wang, Shao F ^e  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Production Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Ensis   (Australia)

^e Chemistry Centre Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Browsing damage; Chemistry; Cover crops; Eucalyptus nitens; Legume; Marsupial; Pademelon; Pinus radiata; Possum; Seedlings; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CROPS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; VEGETATION;

COVER CROPS; MARSUPIAL; PADEMELON; POSSUM; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; EUCALYPTUS NITENS; FARM CROPS; FORESTRY; LEGUMES; PINUS RADIATA; PLANTS; SEEDLINGS; SEEDS;

AVENA; AVENA SATIVA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS NITENS; LUPINUS ALBUS; MAMMALIA; PHALANGERIDAE; PINUS RADIATA; THYLOGALE; THYLOGALE BILLARDIERII; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; VICIA FABA;

EID: 33746044862     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2006.10676237     Document Type: Article

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