Demography of two shrub species from an arid grazed ecosystem in Western Australia 1983-93

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 815-832

  Watson, I W ^a,b   Westoby, M ^b   Holm, A McR ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drought; Eremophila; Grazing trial; Long term sites; Rangelands

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DESERT SHRUN; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT; SHRUB;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EREMOPHILA FORRESTII; EREMOPHILA MAITLANDII; MYOPORACEAE;

EID: 0031434561     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960604     Document Type: Article

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