New Zealand's historically rare terrestrial ecosystems set in a physical and physiognomic framework

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-128

  Williams, Peter A ^a   Wiser, Susan ^b   Clarkson, Bev ^c   Stanley, Margaret C ^d  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ecological classification; New Zealand; Rarity; Threatened terrestrial ecosystems

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FAUNA; FLORA; LAND CLASSIFICATION; RARITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VEGETATION TYPE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 38649094250     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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