Survival of Mount Eden Bush, an urban forest remnant in Auckland, New Zealand

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 83-93

  Smale, M C ^a   Gardner, R O ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Auckland Institute and Museum   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Auckland; Basaltic lava; Coastal forest; Conservation; Fragmentation; Mount Eden; New Zealand; Weeds

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FLORISTICS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY;

AUCKLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

COPROSMA; COPROSMA MACROCARPA; GRISELINIA LUCIDA; LIGUSTRUM; LIGUSTRUM LUCIDUM; LITSEA; LITSEA CALICARIS; MACROCARPA; MACROPIPER EXCELSUM; MELICYTUS; MELICYTUS RAMIFLORUS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SERRULATA; PSEUDOPANAX LESSONII; TRADESCANTIA FLUMINENSIS;

EID: 0033510447     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc990083     Document Type: Article

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