Seeing the wood and the trees - Predicting the future for fragmented plant populations in Australian landscapes

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 250-260

  Broadhurst, Linda ^a   Young, Andrew ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECUNDITY; FOREST CLEARANCE; FUTURE PROSPECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PERSISTENCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RARE SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34249036144     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT06127     Document Type: Review

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