Tree species richness and turnover throughout New Zealand forests

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 825-832

  Bellingham, P J ^a   Stewart, G H ^b   Allen, R B ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Browsing mammal; Disturbance; Latitude; Mortality; Recruitment; Temperate forest

Indexed keywords

FOREST DYNAMICS; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST; TURNOVER;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0033400677     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237307     Document Type: Conference Paper

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