Correlations of stocking with the cryptogamic soil crust of a semi-arid rangeland in southwest Queensland

Austral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 425-431

  Hodgins, I W ^a   Rogers, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae; Bryophytes; Cyanobacteria; Grassland; Grazing; Lichens; Mulga; Piosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444383503     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1997.tb00693.x     Document Type: Article

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