Pine and eucalypt litterfall in a pine-invaded eucalypt woodland: The role of fire and canopy cover

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 253, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Williams, Moira C ^a   Wardle, Glenda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalypt woodland; Impact; Invasion; Pinus radiata

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; WOOD;

EUCALYPT WOODLAND; INVADED AREA; PINE LITTER; PINUS POPULATIONS;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITTERFALL; RECRUITMENT; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; FORESTRY; WOOD;

EUCALYPTUS; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 36049052361     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.06.045     Document Type: Article

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