Effects of coarse woody debris on understorey plants in a temperate Australian woodland

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 134-142

  Goldin, Sarah R ^a   Brookhouse, Matthew T ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalypt woodlands; Exotic forbs; Foliage cover; Grasslands; Litter accumulation; Plant moisture content; Species richness; Understorey biomass

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914098966     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12120     Document Type: Article

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