Vegetation patterns, environmental correlates and vegetation change in a Puffinus tenuirostris breeding colony at Cape Queen Elizabeth, Tasmania

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-79

  Walsh, D ^a   Kirkpatrick, J B ^a   Skira, I J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILICOPHYTA; LOMANDRA LONGIFOLIA; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; PTERIDIUM ESCULENTUM; PUFFINUS TENUIROSTRIS; RHAGODIA; RHAGODIA CANDOLLEANA; TETRAGONIA; TETRAGONIA IMPLEXICOMA; AIZOACEAE; XANTHORRHOEACEAE;

BURROW DENSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SEABIRD COLONY; SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER; VEGETATION CHANGE;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, CAPE QUEEN ELIZABETH;

EID: 0030614080     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT95071     Document Type: Article

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