Do eucalypt plantation management practices create understory reservoirs of scarab beetle pests in the soil?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 306, Issue , 2013, Pages 275-280

  Frew, Adam ^a   Nielsen, Uffe N ^a,b   Riegler, Markus ^a   Johnson, Scott N ^a  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fertilisation; Grass understory; Irrigation; Nematodes; Root herbivores

Indexed keywords

ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODE; FERTILISATION; GRASS UNDERSTORY; NEMATODES; NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS; ROOT HERBIVORES; UNDERSTORY COMMUNITIES; UNDERSTORY PLANT COMMUNITIES;

ANIMALS; IRRIGATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; COLONIZATION; DEFOLIATION; GRASS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MONOCOTYLEDON; NATURAL ENEMY; NEMATODE; PLANATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; UNDERSTORY;

EID: 84880958013     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.06.051     Document Type: Article

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