The effect of serpentine on vegetation structure, composition and endemism in northern New South Wales, Australia

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 97, Issue 11-12, 2001, Pages 521-529

  Specht, Alison ^a   Forth, Felicity ^a   Steenbeeke, Greg ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation   (Australia)

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