Vegetation distribution on a gravel point bar on the Wilson River, NSW: A fluvial disturbance model

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Volumn 1998, Issue 120, 1998, Pages 87-103

  Brierley, Gary ^a   Cunial, Sharon ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Land Conservation ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Callistemon; Casuarina; Fluvial disturbance; Geomorphic units; Gravel bar; Hydrogeomorphic models; Leptospermum; North Coast (NSW); Riparian vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003275510     PISSN: 0370047X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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