Growth and species interactions of Eucalyptus pellita in a mixed and monoculture plantation in the humid tropics of north Queensland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 233, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 285-294

  Bristow, Mila ^a,b   Vanclay, Jerome K ^a   Brooks, Lyndon ^a   Hunt, Mark ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia peregrina; Competition; Eucalyptus pellita; Growth and yield modelling; Hegyi index; Mixed species plantations

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACACIA PEREGRINA; GROWTH MODELING; HEGYI INDEX; YIELD MODELING;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RATE; HUMID TROPICS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MIXED FOREST; MONOCULTURE; MORTALITY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; EUCALYPTUS PELLITA; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS;

ATHERTON TABLELAND; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ACACIA; ACACIA PEREGRINA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS PELLITA;

EID: 33748680910     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.019     Document Type: Article

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