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THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE AND GRAZING BY RABBITS ON SURVIVAL AND GROWTH OF BLACK BLUEBUSH MAIREANA PYRAMIDATA SEEDLINGS AT MENINDEE IN WESTERN NEW SOUTH WALES
Author
R. J. Stanley
P. L. Milthorpe
Publisher
Australian Rangeland Society
Publication Year
2014
Body

The effect of climate and grazing by rabbits on black bluebush Maireana pyramidata seedlings growing on sand dunes and scalded loam flats was studied over a four- year period near Meninde, N.S.W.
Drought conditions which prevailed in the initial six months of the study greatly reduced seedling numbers irrespective of grazing. Subsequent drought periods had . . . . .

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Conference Paper
Additional Information
It is recommended that papers in the conference proceedings be cited in the following manner:
Bastin, G, Sparrow, A, Scarth, P., Gill, T. Barneston, J. and Staben G. (2015). Are we there yet? Tracking state and change in Australia's rangelands. In Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs (Ed M.H. Friedel) [Australian Rangeland Society: Perth]
Conference Name
1977 Australian Rangeland Society Biennial Conference
Keywords
Australia
Black Bluebush
Maireana Pyramidata
rabbits
western New South Wales