Community (re)organization in an experimentally fragmented forest landscape: Insights from occupancy-scale patterns of common plant species

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 962-969

  Morgan, John W ^a   Farmilo, Brad J ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pinus radiata; Population dynamics; Slope (z) parameter; Vegetation change; Wog Wog Habitat Fragmentation Experiment

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE; PATCH SIZE; PLANTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNDERSTORY;

AUSTRALIA;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 84865745039     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01412.x     Document Type: Article

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