Post-fire vegetation succession in Taxandria linearifolia swamps in the northern jarrah forest of Western Australia

Conservation Science Western Australia

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-42

  Hayward, Matt W ^a,b,c,d   De Tores, Paul J ^b,c   Fox, Barry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Wildlife Research Centre   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^d MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Fire regimes; Floristics; Succession; Swamp shrubland; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FIRE; FLORISTICS; SUCCESSION; SWAMP FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA;

EID: 63649148637     PISSN: 14473682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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