Vegetation change after artificial disturbance in an alpine Chionochloa pallens grassland in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-36

  Lloyd, Kelvin M ^a   Lee, William G ^a   Fenner, Michael ^b   Loughnan, Abi E ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine grassland; Disturbance; Gaps; Seed dispersal; Succession

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DISTURBANCE; GAP DYNAMICS; GRASSLAND; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

NEW ZEALAND;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYUM; CELMISIA; CHIONOCHLOA; CHIONOCHLOA PALLENS; EPILOBIUM; GERANIUM POTENTILLOIDES; PLANTAGO; POACEAE; POLYTRICHUM; POLYTRICHUM JUNIPERINUM;

EID: 0037869553     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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