Herbage response to tree thinning in a Eucalyptus crebra woodland [Queensland]

Walker, J.; Robertson, J.A.; Penridge, L.K. . Div. of Water and Land Resources; Sharpe, P.J.H. . Biosystems Div.

Herbage response to tree thinning in a Eucalyptus crebra woodland [Queensland]

1986

Walker, J. | Robertson, J.A. | Penridge, L.K. (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra (Australia). Div. of Water and Land Resources) | Sharpe, P.J.H. (Texas A and M Univ. (USA). Biosystems Div.)

Tree density was manipulated to leave plots with 640, 320, 160, 80 and nil live trees per ha. There was an inverse, linear relationship between tree density and herbage biomass. Increased grass recruitment was correlated with cattle grazing. Forb recruitment was influenced mainly by tree density.

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