Predicting bryophyte diversity in grassland and eucalypt-dominated remnants in subhumid Tasmania

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2015-2024

  Pharo, Emma J ^a   Kirkpatrick, Jamie B ^a   Gilfedder, Louise ^a   Mendel, Louise ^a   Turner, Perpetua A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Bryophytes; Climate; Diversity; Grazing; Habitat fragmentation; Remnant habitats; Species richness; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BRYOPHYTE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; HUMIDITY; SHEEP; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVEY; TOPOGRAPHY; VASCULAR PLANT; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; OVIS ARIES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33745292968     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01366.x     Document Type: Article

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