Richness of species and growth-forms within sclerophyll and mesophyll vegetation in eastern Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 168-176

  Le Brocque, Andrew F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diversity; Growth forms; Plant communities; Species density; Species richness; Species area relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444369070     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1998.tb00714.x     Document Type: Article

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