Plant cover and composition in relation to density of Callitris glaucophylla (white cypress pine) along a rainfall gradient in eastern Australia

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 545-554

  Thompson, W A ^a   Eldridge, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFALL; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CALLITRIS GLAUCOPHYLLA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 27744473487     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT04133     Document Type: Article

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