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Remnant Vegetation And Natural Resources Of The Blackwood River Catchment An Atlas, Shaun B. Grein
Remnant Vegetation And Natural Resources Of The Blackwood River Catchment An Atlas, Shaun B. Grein
Agriculture reports
The Blackwood River is one of the longest rivers in the South-West of Western Australia, stretching 300 km from Moordjarrup to August. The catchment covers more than 28,000 square kilometres (2.8 million ha) from the Shire of Kent to the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River. It incorporates 17 shires, more than 30,000 people, 18 Land Conservation District Committees (LCDCs) and 143 sub-catchment groups. Shires within the Blackwood Catchment cover 4.12 million hectares, over half of the total area of the shires that fall within the catchment boundary.
Parrot Damage To Bluegum Tree Crops : A Review Of The Problem And Possible Solutions, P Ritson
Parrot Damage To Bluegum Tree Crops : A Review Of The Problem And Possible Solutions, P Ritson
Resource management technical reports
Damage to Bluegum (Eucalyptus globulus) tree crops by the Twenty-eight Parrot (Barnardius zonarius) is emerging problem which could threaten the viability of the infant Bluegum industry in south-western Australia. The parrots strip bark from the lead shoot of the Bluegums causing the shoots to break off. Consequently lateral shoots develop resulting in deformed (bent or multi-stem) trees unsuited to harvest and utilisation.Indications that the reason Twenty-eight Parrots strip bark from Bluegum is to obta behaviour' and hence the damage may also develop in areas where it is absent or uncommon now. Currently the zone of worst damage includes around 20% …