Forest health surveillance in Western Australia: A summary of major activities from 1997 to 2006

Australian Forestry

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 202-211

  Robinson, Richard ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; Forest health; Fungal diseases; Insect pests; Native forest; Pinus; Plantations; Surveillance; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; MONITORING; PATHOGENS; PEST CONTROL; SPACE SURVEILLANCE; SURVEYS;

EUCALYPTUS; FOREST HEALTH; FUNGAL DISEASE; INSECT PEST; NATIVE FORESTS; PINUS; PLANTATIONS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FUNGI; INSECTS; PATHOGENS; PEST CONTROL; PINUS; PLANTATIONS; SURVEYING;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EUCALYPTUS GOMPHOCEPHALA; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; HEXAPODA; SIREX;

EID: 52649148507     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2008.10675036     Document Type: Article

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