Vegetation communities on the shores of a salt lake in semi-arid Western Australia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-89

  Barrett, G ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeolian deposition; Frankenia; Halosarcia; Lake shores; Saline ground water; Salt lakes; Vegetation communities

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; GROUNDWATER; MINING; SALINE LAKE; SHORE PLATFORM; SOIL TEXTURE; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KAMBALDA; LAKE LEFROY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

FRANKENIA; HALOSARCIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33646555815     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.01.016     Document Type: Article

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