
%0 Journal Article
%A Burdon, JJ 
%A Chilvers, GA 
%T Fungal and Insect Parasites Contributing to Niche Differentiation in Mixed Species Stands of Eucalypt Saplings
%J Australian Journal of Botany
%D 1974/03/01
%V 22
%N 1
%P 103-114
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BT9740103
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BT9740103 
%X Parasitic damage to the leading shoot of young regrowth eucalypts was found to vary considerably between trees and between different stands but it averaged greater than 20 % 'effective leaf area loss' overall. Many fungal parasites and some of the phytophagous insects responsible for this damage exhibited host specificity or host preference towards trees of a particular subgenus of Eucalyptus. These findings are discussed in relation to the hypothesis that parasites play an important role in the maintenance of stable associations between codominant species of Eucalyptus. 
