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dc.contributor.authorTrueman, Stephen J
dc.contributor.authorMcmahon, Tracey V
dc.contributor.authorGrant, Elektra L
dc.contributor.authorWalton, David A
dc.contributor.authorElliott, Brittany B
dc.contributor.authorWallace, Helen M
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-22T04:39:20Z
dc.date.available2021-08-22T04:39:20Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn0067-1924
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/BT16235
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/407118
dc.description.abstractThe eucalypt trees eaten by koalas are generally tall, but urban landholders prefer to plant shorter trees that pose less danger of limbs falling from a great height or damaging powerlines. Our aim was to develop shorter eucalypt trees to provide food and shelter for koalas and other fauna in urban areas. We identified short ecotypes of Corymbia intermedia (R.T.Baker) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson growing naturally on exposed coastal headlands, and tested whether their seedlings were shorter than the seedlings of nearby tall ecotypes when planted in cultivation. Trees raised from the short ecotypes were 22-43% shorter than trees raised from the tall ecotypes, being around 5-7m tall rather than 8-12m tall after 8 years. This demonstrated that there was a genetic basis for the short stature of C. intermedia trees on coastal headlands. These shorter C. intermedia trees could be valuable food and habitat trees for urban koalas and other fauna.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherCSIRO Publishing
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom384
dc.relation.ispartofpageto388
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Journal of Botany
dc.relation.ispartofvolume65
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHorticultural crop improvement (incl. selection and breeding)
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEcology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEvolutionary biology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPlant biology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode300803
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3103
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3104
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3108
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsPlant Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsCorymbia
dc.subject.keywordsEucalyptus
dc.titleDesigning food and habitat trees for urban koalas: Identifying short ecotypes of Corymbia intermedia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTrueman, SJ; Mcmahon, TV; Grant, EL; Walton, DA; Elliott, BB; Wallace, HM, Designing food and habitat trees for urban koalas: Identifying short ecotypes of Corymbia intermedia, Australian Journal of Botany, 2017, 65 (4), pp. 384-388
dc.date.updated2021-08-22T04:37:11Z
gro.rights.copyright© 2017 CSIRO. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
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gro.griffith.authorTrueman, Stephen J.
dc.subject.socioeconomiccode260510 Ornamentals, natives, flowers and nursery plants


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