Resilience of floodplain ecosystems in a semi-arid environment

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 305-314

  Colloff, Matthew J ^a   Baldwin, Darren S ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

alternative stable state; drought; ecosystem engineer; ecosystem function; flood

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77956660159     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ10015     Document Type: Article

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