Secondary woody vegetation patterns in New Zealand's South Island dryland zone

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 367-393

  Walker, Susan ^a   King, Nigel ^a   Monks, Adrian ^a   Williams, Sophie ^a   Burrows, Larry ^b   Cieraad, Ellen ^b   Meurk, Colin ^b   Overton, Jacob McC ^c   Price, Robbie ^c   Smale, Mark ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dryland rehabilitation; Secondary succession; Species distribution models; Species traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951914740     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825x.2009.9672713     Document Type: Article

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