Linear declines in exotic and native plant species richness along an increasing altitudinal gradient in the Snowy Mountains, Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 684-690

  Mallen Cooper, Jane ^a   Pickering, Catherine M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate; Disturbance effect; Weed

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WEED;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN ALPS; SNOWY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 64549088086     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01835.x     Document Type: Article

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