How old are Wet Forest understories?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 345-348

  Mueck, Stephen G ^a,c   Ough, Keely ^a   Banks, John C G ^b  

^a Dept of Conserv and Nat Resources   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Biosis Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyathea; Dicksonia; Eucalyptus regnans; Olearia; Persoonia; Radiocarbon ages; Understorey; Wet Forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444394897     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1996.tb00619.x     Document Type: Article

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