Changes in floristic composition of urban bushland invaded by Pittosporum undulatum in Northern Sydney, Australia

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 123-149

  Rose, Stefan ^a   Fairweather, Peter G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PITTOSPORUM UNDULATUM; TETRATHECA; TETRATHECA GLANDULOSA; PITTOSPORACEAE; TREMANDRACEAE;

BUSHLAND; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT DEGRADATION; INVASIVE PLANT; URBAN ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNEY;

EID: 0030614076     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT95058     Document Type: Article

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