Impact of distance to mature forest on the recolonisation of bryophytes in a regenerating Tasmanian wet eucalypt forest

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 633-642

  Baker, Thomas P ^a   Jordan, Gregory J ^a   Dalton, Patrick J ^a   Baker, Susan C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

biodiversity; colonisation; dispersal; disturbance; forest influence; microclimate.

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BRYOPHYTE; DISPERSAL; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MICROCLIMATE; PROPAGULE; RECOLONIZATION; REGENERATION;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 84897016524     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: 14449862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT13250     Document Type: Article

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