Vegetation classification and ordination of the central Hamersley Ranges, Western Australia

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 63-79

  van Etten, E J B ^a   Fox, J E D ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid climate; Classification; Hamersley Ranges; Pilbara; Plant communities; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

ARCHAEA; PILBARA;

EID: 18844366948     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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