Regeneration of monsoon rain forest in northern Australia: The sapling bank

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 889-900

  Russell Smith, Jeremy ^a,b  

^a Arid Zone Research Institute   (Australia)

^b Bushfires NT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clonal reproduction; Northern Territory; Seedling; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SAPLING BANK;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030299367     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236464     Document Type: Article

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