Establishment of native Eucalyptus pauciflora and exotic Eucalyptus nitens on former grazing land

New Forests

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-152

  Close, Dugald C ^a   Davidson, Neil J ^a,b   Churchill, Keith C ^b,c   Corkrey, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Establishment technique; Ex pasture; Nurse plant; Regeneration niche; Tree decline; Treeguard

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL TREATMENT; AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; AUSTRALIA; BEST PRACTICE; EUCALYPTUS NITENS; EXOTIC SPECIES; GRAZING LAND; HEALTH INDICES; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT REGENERATION; TREE DECLINE; TREE HEIGHT; TREE PLANTINGS; UNDERSTOREY;

AGRICULTURE; NURSING; PARKS;

REFORESTATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; EVERGREEN TREE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GRAZING; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; MULCHING; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION; POPULATION DECLINE; RAINFALL; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODLAND;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; EUCALYPTUS PAUCIFLORA; REFORESTATION;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS NITENS; EUCALYPTUS PAUCIFLORA;

EID: 77955307192     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-010-9189-9     Document Type: Article

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