Spatial analysis of anthropogenic disturbance regimes and roadside shrubs in a fragmented agricultural landscape

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-70

  Spooner, Peter G ^a   Lunt, Ian D ^a   Briggs, Sue V ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Nature Conservation Agency   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia; Discriminant function analysis; Field margins; Fragmentation; Historic ecology; Network K function; Population structure; Road verge; Soil disturbance

Indexed keywords

ACACIA;

EID: 2542619964     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2004.tb00596.x     Document Type: Article

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