Population age structure and recent Dracophyllum spread on subantarctic Campbell Island

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 291-297

  Bestic, Kim L ^a,b   Duncan, Richard P ^a,c   McGlone, Matt S ^c   Wilmshurst, Janet M ^c   Meurk, Colin D ^c  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Landcare Research ^*  (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate warming; Fire; Grazing; Invasion; Land use change; Subantarctic islands; Tree spread; Treeline

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FIRE; GLOBAL WARMING; GRAZING; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; CAMPBELL ISLAND; CAMPBELL ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

DRACOPHYLLUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 29744446707     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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