Community-level changes in Banksia woodland following plant pathogen invasion in the Southwest Australian Floristic Region

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 888-898

  Bishop, C L ^a   Wardell Johnson, G W ^b   Williams, M R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diversity; Disturbance; Multivariate analysis; Phytophthora cinnamomi; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASAL AREA; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EUKARYOTE; FLORISTICS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF LITTER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; RAINFALL; RECOLONIZATION; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

ALLOCASUARINA FRASERIANA; BANKSIA; BANKSIA ATTENUATA; BANKSIA ILICIFOLIA; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA CINNAMOMI;

EID: 77956335649     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01194.x     Document Type: Article

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