Long-term changes in understorey vegetation in the absence of wildfire in south-east dry sclerophyll forests

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 533-540

  Penman, Trent D ^a,c   Binns, D L ^b   Brassil, T E ^a   Shiels, R J ^a   Allen, Ruth M ^a  

^a Forest Science Centre   (Australia)

^b State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^c BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; FLORISTICS; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 73249146026     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT09079     Document Type: Article

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