Environmental and allometric drivers of tree growth rates in a north Australian savanna

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 234, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 164-180

  Prior, Lynda D ^a   Brook, Barry W ^a   Williams, Richard J ^b   Werner, Patricia A ^a,c   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^a   Bowman, David M J S ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Herbivore impacts; Kakadu National Park; Monsoonal tropics; Season of fire; Tree competition; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PARKS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

HERBIVORE IMPACTS; KAKADU NATIONAL PARK; MONSOONAL TROPICS; SEASON OF FIRE; TREE COMPETITION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

FORESTRY;

ALLOMETRY; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FIRE; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; LAND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION MODELING; RAINFALL; TREE;

FIRES; FORESTRY; PLANTS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KAKADU NATIONAL PARK; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 33748807466     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.06.034     Document Type: Article

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