Supplemental information
Literature values for mature, native or naturalised Eucalyptus trees of 28 species growing in a
range of localities across the Australian continent as assembled for Table 1. Each species
value for leaf P, K, Ca, Mg and S concentrations were derived from the following sources in
the literature:
Species
E. agglomerata
E. arenacea
E. bosistoana
E. botryoides
E. cladocalyx
E. consideniana
E. crebra
E. cypellocarpa
E. diversicolor
E. elata,
E. fraxinoides
E. globoidea
E. gomphocephala
E. grandis
E. haemastoma
E. marginata
E. miniata
E. moluccana
E. muellerana
E. obliqua
E. pilularis
E. piperita
E. racemosa
E. radiata
E. sideroxylon
E. sieberi
E. tetrodonta
E. viminalis
Source
Lambert and Turner (1983)
Wright et al. (2013)
Lambert and Turner (1983)
Radho-Toly et al. (2001); Turner and Lambert (1983)
Radho-Toly et al. (2001)
Lambert and Turner (1983)
Majer et al. (1992)
Lambert and Turner (1983)
Hingston et al. (1979), averaged for two stands on different soils
Lambert and Turner (1983)
Lambert and Turner (1983)
(Lambert and Turner (1983)
Radho-Toly et al. (2001)
Turner and Lambert (2008)
Turner and Lambert (1987)
Hingston et al. (1981); Majer et al. (1992); O'Connell and Mendham
(2004); Radho-Toly et al. (2001)
Fensham and Bowman (1995)
Majer et al. (1992)
Lambert and Turner (1983)
Lambert and Turner (1983)
Lambert and Turner (1987); Turner and Lambert (2008)
Lambert and Turner (1987)
Westman and Rogers (1977)
Turner and Lambert 2008, Lambert and Turner 1987)
Lambert and Turner (1983)
Lambert and Turner (1983; 1987)
Fensham and Bowman (1995)
Lambert and Turner (1983)
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Hingston FJ, Dimmock GM, Turton AG (1981) Nutrient distribution in a Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata Donn
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