The flora, vegetation, and conservation value of mesic forest at Dogotuki, Vanua Levu, Fiji Islands

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-292

  Keppel, Gunnar ^a   Rounds, Isaac A ^a   Thomas, Nunia T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Dacrydium nidulum; Fagraea beteroana; Fiji; Gymnostoma vitiense; Melanesia; Mesic forest; Sclerophyll; South Pacific; Transition forest; Vascular flora; Vegetation analysis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DRY FOREST; HABITAT MOSAIC; MANGROVE; MONTANE FOREST; NATURE CONSERVATION; VEGETATION; VEGETATION TYPE; WETLAND;

DOGOTUKI; FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; VANUA LEVU;

FAGRAEA; GYMNOSTOMA;

EID: 33750153216     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2006.9513024     Document Type: Article

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