Vegetation changes associated with cattle (Bos taurus) and wombat (Vombatus ursinus) activity in a riparian forest

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-70

  Borchard, Philip ^a   Eldridge, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burrows; Grazing; Mounds; Plant composition; Riparian; Soil disturbance; Wombat

Indexed keywords

AGERATINA; AGERATINA RIPARIA; BOS; BOS TAURUS; EHRHARTA ERECTA; EUPATORIUM COELESTINUM; MIMOSA; PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM CLANDESTINUM; TRACHEOPHYTA; TRADESCANTIA; TRADESCANTIA FLUMINENSIS; VOMBATIDAE; VOMBATUS URSINUS;

EID: 84856016551     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2011.01157.x     Document Type: Article

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