Effects of road age on the structure of roadside vegetation in south-eastern Australia

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 57-64

  Spooner, Peter G ^a   Smallbone, Lisa ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Land use history; Patch age; Road ecology; Travelling Stock Routes; Tree hollows

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENCHMARKING; CADASTRE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND USE; NATIVE SPECIES; REFUGE; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; RURAL AREA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 56449131110     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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