Relative drought tolerance of evergreen-rainforest and evergreen-savanna species in a long unburnt Eucalyptus Savanna, north Queensland

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland

Volumn 108, Issue , 1999, Pages 27-32

  Bowman, D M J S ^a   Wilson, B A ^b   Fensham, R J ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drought; Eucalyptus; Fire; North Australia; Rainforest; Savanna; Seasonal tropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141698419     PISSN: 0080469X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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