Influences of seedling size, container type and mammal browsing on the establishment of Eucalyptus globulus in plantation forestry

New Forests

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-115

  Close, D C ^a,b,c   Paterson, S ^a   Corkrey, R ^c   McArthur, C ^a,d  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c Australia   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; Herbivory; Nursery; Seedling specifications

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; FORESTRY; MAMMALS; TIMBER;

BROWSING PRESSURES; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; HERBIVORY; NURSERY; PLANTATION ESTABLISHMENT; PLANTATION FORESTRY; ROOT-COLLAR DIAMETERS;

SEED;

BROWSING; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOLIAGE; HERBIVORY; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SEED TREATMENT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

CONTAINERS; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; MAMMALS; SEEDLINGS; SPECIFICATIONS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 71249155494     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-009-9158-3     Document Type: Article

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