Landscape-scale impacts of Cyclone Larry on the forests of northeast Australia, including comparisons with previous cyclones impacting the region between 1858 and 2006

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 409-416

  Turton, Stephen M ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cyclone; Disturbance; Frequency; Intensity; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LITERATURE REVIEW; STORM DAMAGE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 43449127797     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01896.x     Document Type: Article

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