Biological inventory for conservation evaluation IV. Composition, distribution and spatial prediction of vegetation assemblages in southern Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 106, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 259-281

  Neave, Helen M ^a   Norton, Tony W ^b  

^a 4 Bracker Place Macarthur ^*  (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Associations; Birds; Environmental gradients; Floristics; Open Eucalyptus forest; South east Australia; Spatial prediction; Stratified regional survey; Systematic; Vegetation assemblages

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; EUCALYPT FOREST; FLORISTICS; PLANT ASSEMBLAGE; SPECIES INVENTORY;

(SOUTHEAST); AUSTRALIA;

AVES; EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 0032572538     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00318-6     Document Type: Article

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