Changes to plant species richness in forest fragments: Fragment age, disturbance and fire history may be as important as area

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 749-765

  Ross, Karen A ^a   Fox, Barry J ^a   Fox, Marilyn D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Disturbance; Eucalypt; Fire; Forest; Fragmentation; Island biogeography; Species richness; Vascular plants; Weed invasion

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISTURBANCE; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRAGMENTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0036328424     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00722.x     Document Type: Article

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