Vegetation changes across edges of rainforest remnants

Biological Conservation

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-13

  Fox, Barry J ^a   Taylor, Jennifer E ^a   Fox, Marilyn D ^a   Williams, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Disturbance; Edge effects; Edge width; Fragmentation; Plants; Rainforest; Remnants; Succession

Indexed keywords

EDGE ZONE; FOREST EDGE; FOREST REMNANT; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIAN, NEW SOUTH WALES, ROBERTSON, YARRAWA BRUSH;

EID: 0030750322     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00011-6     Document Type: Article

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