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Drought and dieback of rural eucalypts
Author(s) -
LANDSBERG J.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian journal of ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1442-9993
pISSN - 0307-692X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1985.tb00868.x
Subject(s) - eucalyptus , canopy , agroforestry , geography , ecology , biology
The possibility that drought causes dieback of eucalypts in rural Australia was investigated. Water potential and canopy condition in dieback and healthy rural Eucalyptus blakelyi and E. melliodora trees were compared during and after an extreme drought in the ACT. All the trees were drought affected, but the extent was independent of the condition of their canopies at the beginning of the study.