Species richness-environment relationships within coastal sclerophyll and mesophyll vegetation in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, New South Wales, Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 404-412

  Le Brocque, Andrew F ^a,b   Buckney, Rodney T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diversity; Environmental gradients; Growth forms; Nutrients; Plant species richness

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GROWTH FORM; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSTRATE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0042239433     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01298.x     Document Type: Article

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