Plant communities, species richness and their environmental correlates in the sandy heaths of Little Desert National Park, Victoria

Austral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 249-257

  Hahs, A ^a   Enright, N J ^a   Thomas, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Callitris rhomboidea; Classification; Fire; Little Desert National Park; Mediterranean type heathland; Ordination; Plant species richness; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044365070     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.1999.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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