Dry zone forests of Fiji: Species composition, life history traits, and conservation

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 545-563

  Keppel, Gunnar ^a,b   Tuiwawa, Marika V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate; Deciduous; Mesic forest; Moist forest; Natural history; Sclerophyll; Talasiga grassland; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; DRY FOREST; GRASSLAND; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 39049156121     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288250709509738     Document Type: Article

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