Competition between plantation Eucalyptus nitens and Acacia dealbata weeds in northeastern Tasmania

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 233, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 260-274

  Hunt, Mark A ^a,b   Battaglia, Michael ^b,c   Davidson, Neil J ^a,b   Unwin, Greg L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CRC Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^c Ensis   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Gas exchange; Leaf area index; Mixture; Plantation

Indexed keywords

CROPS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

GAS EXCHANGE; LEAF AREA INDEX; WATER USE;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EVERGREEN TREE; GAS EXCHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SHRUB; WATER STRESS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

FARM CROPS; FORESTRY; PLANTATIONS; PLANTS; SEEDS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

ACACIA; ACACIA DEALBATA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS NITENS;

EID: 33748713435     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.017     Document Type: Article

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