Biodiversity of indigenous tussock grassland sites in Otago, Canterbury and the central North Island of New Zealand IV. Vegetation and the effect of disturbance by agricultural development and fire

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 69-82

  Espie, P R ^a   Barratt, B I P ^b  

^a AgScience   (New Zealand)

^b INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Burning; Fire; Gradients; Plant biodiversity; Tussock grasslands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; BIODIVERSITY; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIRE; GRASSLAND; PLANT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

CHIONOCHLOA RIGIDA; FESTUCA NOVAE-ZELANDIAE;

EID: 33746530062     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2006.9517801     Document Type: Article

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