Are regional ecosystems compatible with floristic heterogeneity? A case study from Toohey Forest, south-east Queensland, Australia

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-59

  Wardell Johnson, Grant W ^a   Lawson, Ben E ^a   Coutts, Robert H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; Landscape classification; Multidimensional scaling ordination; Regional ecosystems; Vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

FLORISTICS; HETEROGENEITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

CORYMBIA CITRIODORA; EUCALYPTUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 34247846085     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc070047     Document Type: Article

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