Rain forest invasion of eucalypt-dominated woodland savanna, Iron Range, north-eastern Australia: I. Successional processes

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1293-1303

  Russell Smith, Jeremy ^a,b,d   Stanton, Peter J ^b,c   Whitehead, Peter J ^a,e,f   Edwards, Andrew ^a,b,g  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Bushfires Cncl the North Territ ^*  (France)

^c PO Redlynch   (Australia)

^d Bushfires Cncl North Territ   (Australia)

^e Australian Res Council Key Centre   (Australia)

^f Kakadu National Park   (Australia)

^g Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Eucalyptus; Expansion; Frugivore; Irruption; Margin extension; Nucleation; Rain forest; Succession; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; RAINFOREST; RANGE EXPANSION; SUCCESSION; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; IRON RANGE NATIONAL PARK; QUEENSLAND;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 3543078796     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01069.x     Document Type: Article

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