The influences of climate, habitat and fire on the distribution of cockatoo grass (Alloteropsis semialata) (Poaceae) in the Wet Tropics of northern Australia

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 315-323

  Bateman, Brooke L ^a   Johnson, Christopher N ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOTONE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FLOWERING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GRASS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; HOME RANGE; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LITTER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ALLOTEROPSIS SEMIALATA; BETTONGIA TROPICA; POACEAE; THEMEDA TRIANDRA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79959544206     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT10266     Document Type: Article

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