A fresh framework for the ecology of arid Australia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 313-329

  Morton, S R ^a   Stafford Smith, D M ^a   Dickman, C R ^b   Dunkerley, D L ^c   Friedel, M H ^a   McAllister, R R J ^a   Reid, J R W ^d   Roshier, D A ^e   Smith, M A ^f   Walsh, F J ^a   Wardle, G M ^b   Watson, I W ^a,g   Westoby, M ^h  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal life histories; Australian deserts; Climate variability; Infertile soils; Plant life histories

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DESERT; DETRITIVORY; DROUGHT; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FLOODING; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; RAINFALL; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; TERMITE;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 78951478522     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.11.001     Document Type: Review

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