Grazing response groups among understorey plants in arid rangelands

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 683-696

  Landsberg, Jill ^a   Lavorel, Sandra ^b,c   Stol, Jacqui ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Grazing gradient; Indicator; Life form; Plant trait; Vegetation patch

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRAZING; RANGELAND; UNDERSTORY;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; POACEAE;

EID: 0032723551     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237083     Document Type: Article

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