Environmental correlates of coastal heathland and allied vegetation

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 512-526

  Griffith, S J ^a   Bale, C ^a   Adam, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BEACH; COASTAL ZONE; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEATHLAND; SEAWATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER DEPTH; WATER TABLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 52149087178     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT06147     Document Type: Article

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