A forest pathogen drives change in plant functional trait composition in the Southwest Australian Floristic Region

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-66

  Bishop, C L ^a,b   Williams, M R ^b   Wardell Johnson, G W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community weighted means; Disease; Mass ratio hypothesis; Phytophthora cinnamomi

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; DICOTYLEDON; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLORISTICS; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; FUNGUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PATHOLOGY; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

BANKSIA; PHYTOPHTHORA CINNAMOMI;

EID: 84880697456     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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