Secondary succession 24 years after disturbance of a New Zealand high-alpine cushionfield

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 325-334

  Brown, C Stewart ^a,c   Mark, Alan F ^b   Kershaw, G Peter ^a   Dickinson, Katharine J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL AGGREGATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

DRACOPHYLLUM; POA; POA COLENSOI;

EID: 33748803391     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)38[325:SSYADO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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