Relationships between geodiversity and vegetation in South-eastern Australia

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Volumn 132, Issue , 2011, Pages 5-26

  Keith, David A ^a,b  

^a NSW Department of Environment Climate Change and Water   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental gradient; Floristic composition; Geological map; Gradient analysis; Landscape biogeography; Old Climatically Buffered Infertile Landscapes OCBIL; Sclerophyll; Soil fertility; Vegetation classification; Vegetation map; Vegetation soil relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858442992     PISSN: 0370047X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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