Contemporary biogenic formation of clay pavements by eucalypts: Further support for the phytotarium concept

Annals of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 673-685

  Pate, John S ^a   Verboom, William H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Competing phytotaria; Eucalypt roots; Niche construction; Semi arid ecosystems; Soil profiles; Vegetation mosaics; Woody plants

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOENGINEERING; CLAY; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH FORM; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE; PAVEMENT; PLEISTOCENE; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL PROFILE; UNDERSTORY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLAY; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUCALYPTUS; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DESERT CLIMATE; EUCALYPTUS; GEOGRAPHY; PLANT ROOTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 60749130572     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn247     Document Type: Article

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