Disturbance-induced changes in a high-alpine cushionfield community, south-central new zealand

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 581-592

  Mark, Alan F ^a   Whigham, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cushionfield; High alpine; Mechanical disturbance; New zealand; Secondary succession; Sheep graveyard; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BARE SOIL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERMEDIATE DISTURBANCE HYPOTHESIS; LICHEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SHEEP; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROFILE; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND; VEGETATION COVER; WOODY PLANT;

NEW ZEALAND;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS MUELLERIANA; ALECTORIA; CETRARIA ISLANDICA; DRACOPHYLLUM; OVIS ARIES; POA; POA COLENSOI; POACEAE; TRISETUM SPICATUM;

EID: 79960770062     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02193.x     Document Type: Article

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