The roles of coastlines, people and fire in the development of heathlands in northeast Tasmania

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 717-728

  Thomas, Ian ^a,b   Kirkpatrick, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bass Strait; degradation; heathland; Holocene; podsolization; pollen; sea levels; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

FIRE; HEATHLAND; HOLOCENE; PODZOLIZATION; POLLEN;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA;

ALLOCASUARINA; CASUARINACEAE; EUCALYPTUS; MYRTACEAE; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 0030436564     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.1996.tb00032.x     Document Type: Article

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