Plant communities of the ironstone ranges of South Western Australia: Hotspots for plant diversity and mineral deposits

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 3951-3962

  Gibson, Neil ^a   Yates, Colin J ^a   Dillon, Rebecca ^a  

^a Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banded iron formation; Biodiversity; Endemics; Ironstone; Mining

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; IRONSTONE; LANDSCAPE; MATRIX; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MINERAL DEPOSIT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION TYPE; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78649735196     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9939-1     Document Type: Article

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