The physical environment of an altitudinal gradient in the rainforest of Lamington National Park, Southeast Queensland

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 251-270

  Strong, Craig L ^a   Boulter, Sarah L ^a   Laidlaw, Melinda J ^b   Maunsell, Sarah C ^a   Putland, David ^c   Kitching, Roger L ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c Growcom   (Australia)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Microclimate; Soils; Subtropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOTA; CANOPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOREST SOIL; MICROCLIMATE; RAINFOREST; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

AUSTRALIA; LAMINGTON NATIONAL PARK; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84859971636     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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