Niche differentiation and regeneration in the seasonally flooded Melaleuca forests of northern Australia

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 457-467

  Franklin, Donald C ^a   Brocklehurst, Peter S ^b   Lynch, Dominique ^b   Bowman, David M J S ^a,c  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Natural Resources Environment and the Arts   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Episodic regeneration; Fire; Flood; Floodplain forest; Gallery forest; Niche differentiation; Paperbark forests; Rain forest; Soils

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; DISTURBANCE; FIRE; FLOOD; NICHE PARTITIONING; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SEASONALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA ARGENTEA; MELALEUCA CAJUPUTI; MELALEUCA DEALBATA; MELALEUCA LEUCADENDRA; MELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIA; MELALEUCA VIRIDIFLORA; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 34347392129     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467407004130     Document Type: Article

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