Development and testing of seed-crop assessment models for three lowland forest eucalypts in East Gippsland, Victoria

Australian Forestry

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 257-269

  Bassett, Owen D ^a,b   White, Matt D ^b   Dacy, Mark ^b  

^a VicForests   (Australia)

^b Department of Sustainability and Environment ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Eucalyptus baxteri; Eucalyptus globoidea; Eucalyptus sieberi; Models; Prediction; Sampling; Seed crops; Surveys

Indexed keywords

CROPS; REFORESTATION; VEGETATION;

EUCALYPTUS BAXTERI; EUCALYPTUS GLOBOIDEA; SEED CROPS;

SEED;

EUCALYPTUS SIEBERI; FARM CROPS; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SAMPLING; SEEDS;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS BAXTERI; EUCALYPTUS GLOBOIDEA; EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; EUCALYPTUS SIEBERI;

EID: 33846313663     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2006.10676246     Document Type: Article

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