Biogeography of seed-dispersal syndromes, life-forms and seed sizes among woody rain-forest plants in Australia's subtropics

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1736-1750

  Butler, D W ^a,b   Green, R J ^c   Lamb, D ^a   McDonald, W J F ^b   Forster, P I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Life form; Plant life history; Queensland; Seed dispersal; Seed size; Subtropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; RAINFALL; RAINFOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WOODY PLANT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 34648819382     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01734.x     Document Type: Article

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