Grassland species response to soil disturbance and nutrient enrichment on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 485-499

  Chalmers, A ^a   McIntyre, S ^b   Whalley, R D B ^c   Reid, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; NORTHERN TABLELANDS; WORLD;

AIRA; ARISTIDA RAMOSA; BRIZA MINOR; CAREX INVERSA; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; FIMBRISTYLIS DICHOTOMA; HYPOCHAERIS RADICATA; LOLIUM PERENNE; SANGUISORBA; SANGUISORBA MINOR; SPOROBOLUS CREBER; TRICORYNE ELATIOR; VULPIA;

EID: 27744444752     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT04211     Document Type: Article

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