Plant trait-environmental linkages among contrasting landscapes and climate regimes in temperate eucalypt woodlands

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 422-432

  Wills, Karen E ^a   Clarke, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; FLORISTICS; GRASS; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NICHE; REGENERATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL FERTILITY; TURNOVER; WOODLAND;

POACEAE;

EID: 47949110712     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT07150     Document Type: Article

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