Low-rainfall species trials in New South Wales Part 1: Survival, growth and form over the first 57 months

Australian Forestry

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 172-183

  Johnson, I G ^a   Kathuria, A ^a   Parekh, J ^a   Barton, C ^a  

^a Forest Science Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia mearnsii; Arid zones; Eucalyptus species; Growth; New South Wales; Pinus pinaster; Plantations; Species trials; Spotted gums; Stem form; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLAY; CLONING; GROWTH (MATERIALS); RAIN; SOILS;

ACACIA MEARNSII; ARID ZONES; EUCALYPTUS SPECIES; NEW SOUTH WALES; PINUS PINASTER; PLANTATIONS; SPECIES TRIALS; SPOTTED GUMS; STEM FORM; SURVIVAL;

FORESTRY;

ACACIA MEARNSII; BIODIVERSITY; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; GROWTH; NEW SOUTH WALES; PINUS PINASTER; PLANTATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ACACIA; ACACIA MEARNSII; CORYMBIA MACULATA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS ARGOPHLOIA; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; EUCALYPTUS CLADOCALYX; EUCALYPTUS SIDEROXYLON; PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 75149188772     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2009.10676299     Document Type: Article

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