A multi-scale biogeographical analysis of Bambusa arnhemica, a bamboo from monsoonal northern Australia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1335-1353

  Franklin, Donald C ^a   Bowman, David M J S ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Edaphic constraints; Fire; Gallery forests; Landscape; Monodominance; Monsoon forests; Neighbourhood selection; Riparian vegetation; Unidirectional dispersal; Wet dry tropics

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SOIL PROPERTY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

BAMBUSA; RIPARIA;

EID: 3543131376     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01129.x     Document Type: Article

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