Vegetation patterns and trajectories in disturbed landscapes, Great Barrier Island, Northern New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-323

  Perry, George L W ^a   Ogden, John ^a   Enright, Neal J ^b   Davy, Lucy V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance history; Fire; Multivariate analysis; Transition matrix model; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE; GULLY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGENERATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOPSOIL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; ANEMOCHORY; DISTURBANCE; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT LOSS; ORDINATION; SCRUB; SLOPE; TRAJECTORY;

AUCKLAND; AWANA; GREAT BARRIER ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

AVES; HAKEA SERICEA; KUNZEA; LEPTOSPERMUM; LEPTOSPERMUM SCOPARIUM;

EID: 77957126085     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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