Lifeform Distributions of Woodland Plant Species Along a Moisture Availability Gradient in Australia's Monsoonal Tropics

Australian Systematic Botany

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-217

  Egan, J L ^a,b   Williams, R J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Parks and Wildlife Service Northern Territory   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LIFE FORM; MOISTURE AVAILABILITY; SAVANNA; WOODLAND PLANT;

AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 0030512603     PISSN: 10301887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SB9960205     Document Type: Article

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