Dynamics of a savanna-forest mosaic in the Australian monsoon tropics inferred from stand structures and historical aerial photography

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 185-194

  Banfai, Daniel S ^a   Bowman, David M J S ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21244465540     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT04141     Document Type: Article

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