Organic soils provide evidence of spatial variation in human-induced vegetation change following European occupation of Tasmania

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 197-205

  Folco, Maj Britt di ^a   Kirkpatrick, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aborigines; Australia; Boundary stability; Fire regime; Palaeoecology; Peat; People; Rain forest; Sedgeland

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; DOMINANCE; ORGANIC SOIL; PALEOBIOLOGY; RAINFOREST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUCCESSION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VEGETATION TYPE;

AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; TASMANIA;

EID: 84871344976     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02779.x     Document Type: Article

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