A rule-based model for the functional analysis of vegetation change in Australasian grasslands

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 723-730

  Campbell, Bruce D ^a   Stafford Smith, D Mark ^b   Ash, Andrew J ^b  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Climate; Climatic change; Disturbance; Global change; Land use; Management; New Zealand; Pasture; Plant Functional Type; Rangeland

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA;

EID: 0032757066     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237087     Document Type: Article

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