The distribution and environmental relationships of native grasslands on the lowland Gippsland plain, Victoria: An historical study

Australian Geographical Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 140-152

  Lunt, Ian D ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; FIRE; GRASSLAND; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, GIPPSLAND PLAIN;

EID: 0031447055     PISSN: 00049190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8470.00015     Document Type: Review

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