Late 20th century landscape-wide expansion of Allosyncarpia ternata (Myrtaceae) forests in Kakadu National Park, northern Australia

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 707-715

  Bowman, David M J S ^a   Dingle, Joanne K ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPANSION; FOREST DYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; RAINFOREST; TREE;

ARNHEM LAND; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KAKADU NATIONAL PARK; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

ALLOSYNCARPIA TERNATA; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 33845313332     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT05202     Document Type: Article

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