Vegetation structure and biodiversity along the eucalypt forest to rainforest continuum on the serpentinite soil catena in a subhumid area of Central Queensland, Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 394-407

  Specht, Ray L ^a   Batianoff, George N ^b   Reeves, Roger D ^c  

^a Brisbane Botanic Gardens ^*  (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carbon isotope ratio; Evapotranspiration; Foliage projective cover; Global warming; Leaf specific weight

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CATENA; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; LATERITE; RAINFOREST; SERPENTINITE; SOIL; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MARLBOROUGH; NEW ZEALAND; QUEENSLAND; ROCKHAMPTON; SOUTH ISLAND;

INSECTA;

EID: 33645877114     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01628.x     Document Type: Article

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