Assessment and monitoring of damage from insects in Australian eucalypt forests and commercial plantations

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 283-292

  Stone, Christine ^a   Coops, Nicholas C ^b,c  

^a Research and Development Division   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Australian forestry; Crown damage; Eucalypts; Forest health; Monitoring; Pinus radiata; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 4344578531     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1326-6756.2004.00432.x     Document Type: Review

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