Floristics and structure of the mossy cloud forest of Mt Gower summit, Lord Howe Island

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 246-256

  Harris, Rebecca ^a,b   Cassis, Gerasimos ^a   Auld, Tony ^c   Hutton, Ian ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c Dept of Environment and Conservation   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conservation status; Endemism; Lord Howe Island; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

CLOUD FOREST; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDEMISM; FLORISTICS;

LORD HOWE ISLAND; MOUNT GOWER; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVES; PHYTOPHTHORA CINNAMOMI; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 28844479795     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC050246     Document Type: Article

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