Recruitment dynamics of invasive species in rainforest habitats following Cyclone Larry

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 495-502

  Murphy, H T ^a,b   Metcalfe, D J ^a   Bradford, M G ^a   Ford, A F ^a   Galway, K E ^c   Sydes, T A ^b   Westcott, D J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b The CRC for Australian Weed Management   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyclone; Invasive; Rainforest; Recruitment; Succession; Weed

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; RAINFOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STORM DAMAGE; TROPICAL FOREST; WEED; WOODY DEBRIS;

ATHERTON TABLELAND; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 43449125631     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01904.x     Document Type: Article

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