Climate and vegetation changes at coringa-herald national nature reserve, coral sea islands, australia

Pacific Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-92

  Batianoff, George N ^a   Naylor, Gillian C ^a   Olds, John A ^a   Fechner, Nigel A ^a   John Neldner, V ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIEBACK; DROUGHT; GRASS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INSECT; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATURE RESERVE; PEST DAMAGE; RAINFOREST; SEABIRD; SHRUB; SUCCESSION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; CORAL SEA ISLANDS TERRITORY; CORINGA-HERALD NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ABUTILON; ACHYRANTHES; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; ANTHOZOA; ARGUSIA; BOERHAVIA; CORDIA; CORDIA SUBCORDATA; DIGITARIA (ANGIOSPERM); FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; IPOMOEA; LEPTURUS REPENS; PISONIA GRANDIS; POACEAE; PORTULACA OLERACEA; PORTULACACEAE; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS; PULVINARIA URBICOLA; STENOTAPHRUM MICRANTHUM; TRIBULUS CISTOIDES; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS; XIMENIA AMERICANA;

EID: 77952657454     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: 15346188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/64.1.073     Document Type: Article

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