Floristic richness of three perhumid New Zealand alpine plant communities in comparison with other regions

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 518-525

  Onipchenko, Vladimir ^a   Mark, Alan F ^b   Wells, Gudrun ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine communities; Diversity; Fiordland; Floristic richness; Global comparisons; New Zealand; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

AUSTRALASIA; MOUNT BURNS; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; SOUTHLAND;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 28244481147     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01466.x     Document Type: Article

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