Flowering phenology of myrtaceous trees and their relation to climatic, environmental and disturbance variables in northern New South Wales

Austral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 160-178

  Law, B ^a   Mackowski, C ^a   Schoer, L ^a   Tweedie, T ^a  

^a State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate; Disturbance; Eucalyptus; Flowering phenology; Myrtaceae; Nectarivore

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOWERING; PHENOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

CORYMBIA VARIEGATA; EUCALYPTUS ACMENOIDES; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; EUCALYPTUS RESINIFERA; EUCALYPTUS SIDEROPHLOIA; EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 0034025166     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2000.01009.x     Document Type: Article

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