Vegetation-banked terraces on subantarctic macquarie island: A reappraisal

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 261-274

  Selkirk Bell, J ^a   Selkirk, P ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; EROSION; FERN; GRAVEL; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; TERRACE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WESTERLY;

MACQUARIE ISLAND;

AZORELLA MACQUARIENSIS;

EID: 84878482617     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-45.2.261     Document Type: Article

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