Subtropical rainforest turnover along an altitudinal gradient

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-290

  Laidlaw, Melinda J ^a   McDonald, William J F ^a   John Hunter, R ^b   Kitching, Roger L ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^b Lowanna   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Climate change; Compositional turnover; Subtropical rainforest; Surrogacy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RAINFOREST; SUBTROPICAL REGION; VASCULAR PLANT;

AUSTRALIA; LAMINGTON NATIONAL PARK; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUEENSLAND;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84860014518     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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