Burrowing seabirds drive decreased diversity and structural complexity, and increased productivity in insular-vegetation communities

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-241

  Bancroft, Wesley J ^a   Roberts, J Dale ^a   Garkaklis, Mark J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEABIRD; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ROTTNEST ISLAND; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

PUFFINUS PACIFICUS; RHAGODIA BACCATA;

EID: 21244452374     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT04079     Document Type: Article

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