Other communities : Box mistletoe (Amyema miquelii) parasitism is not detrimental to the health of grey box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) trees at a regional scale MacRaild, Lindy M., Radford, James Q and Bennett, Andrew F 2009, Other communities : Box mistletoe (Amyema miquelii) parasitism is not detrimental to the health of grey box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) trees at a regional scale, Ecological management and restoration, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 148-150, doi: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2009.00476.x. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Other communities : Box mistletoe (Amyema miquelii) parasitism is not detrimental to the health of grey box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) trees at a regional scale Formatted title Other communities: Box mistletoe (Amyema miquelii) parasitism is not detrimental to the health of grey box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) trees at a regional scale Author(s) MacRaild, Lindy M. Radford, James Q Bennett, Andrew F Journal name Ecological management and restoration Volume number 10 Issue number 2 Start page 148 End page 150 Total pages 3 Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia Place of publication Richmond, Vic. Publication date 2009-08 ISSN 1442-7001 Keyword(s) eucalypt health mistletoe parasitism Victoria Summary Mistletoes are hemiparasites that occur worldwide in many types of forest, woodland and shrubland ecosystems (Watson 2001). Some species are regarded as pests due to their detrimental effects on host species (Hawksworth 1983; Reid & Yan 2000). Heavy infestations can affect the growth, productivity and form of host trees, and may cause host death (Reid et al. 1994; Shaw et al.2004, 2008). In south-eastern Australia, mistletoes often are visibly obvious in trees along roadsides, in paddocks and on the margins of open forests; and concerns have been expressed about their potentially detrimental effects on host trees.Despite this, little quantitative information is available on the effects of mistletoes on tree health and mortality (Reid et al. 1994). Are detrimental effects widespread or localized? A first step is to assess whether trees parasitized by mistletoe are less healthy than those without such parasites. Here, we investigate the relationship between parasitism by Box Mistletoe (Amyema miquelii (Lehm. ex Miq.) Tiegh.), a common species in south-eastern Australia, and the health of trees of a widespread host species, Grey Box (Eucalyptus microcarpa (Maiden) Maiden), across a large geographic region. Language eng DOI 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2009.00476.x Field of Research 050104 Landscape Ecology Socio Economic Objective 960505 Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Forest and Woodlands Environments HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal HERDC collection year 2009 Copyright notice ©2009, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30023665 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Life and Environmental Sciences Higher Education Research Group Related Links Link Description Connected to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 12 Feb 2010, 13:11:25 EST Fri, 12 Feb 2010, 13:13:24 EST Fri, 23 Apr 2010, 11:18:14 EST Tue, 27 Apr 2010, 11:23:51 EST Tue, 27 Apr 2010, 16:19:53 EST Tue, 27 Apr 2010, 16:24:11 EST Tue, 27 Apr 2010, 16:26:36 EST Wed, 28 Apr 2010, 08:58:03 EST Thu, 29 Apr 2010, 16:00:11 EST Mon, 22 Jul 2013, 13:26:50 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 14:22:55 EST Fri, 17 Oct 2014, 10:05:02 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 1 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 774 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 12 Feb 2010, 13:11:22 EST by Teresa Treffry