Spatial and temporal functional changes in alpine summit vegetation are driven by increases in shrubs and graminoids

AoB PLANTS

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Venn, Susanna ^a,b   Pickering, Catherine ^a   Green, Ken ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpine vegetation; community composition; functional composition; functional traits; GLORIA; Snowy Mountains

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901980064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plu008     Document Type: Article

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