Mangrove species richness in relation to salinity and waterlogging: a case study along the Adelaide River floodplain, northern Australia

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-82

  Ball, Marilyn C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANGROVE; SALINITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATERLOGGING;

ADELAIDE RIVER; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

ACANTHUS EBRACTEATUS; AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA INTEGRA; RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORA APICULATA; RHIZOPHORA LAMARKII; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 0031671526     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997699     Document Type: Article

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