Distinctive vegetation communities are associated with the long-lived conifer Agathis australis (New Zealand kauri, Araucariaceae) in New Zealand rainforests

Austral Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 388-400

  Wyse, Sarah V ^a   Burns, Bruce R ^a   Wright, Shane D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agathis australis; Araucariaceae; Conservation; Diversity; Nutrient availability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HETEROGENEITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFOREST; STAND STRUCTURE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

NEW ZEALAND;

AGATHIS AUSTRALIS; ARAUCARIACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; DACRYDIUM CUPRESSINUM; PODOCARPACEAE;

EID: 84900859860     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12089     Document Type: Article

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