Ecosystem risk assessment for Gnarled Mossy Cloud Forest, Lord Howe Island, Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 364-372

  Auld, Tony D ^a,b   Leishman, Michelle R ^c  

^a OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Moisture loss; Rat predation; Red List; Restricted distribution

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD FOREST; COAST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; PREDATION; RED LIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT;

LORD HOWE ISLAND; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEW ZEALAND;

RATTUS;

EID: 84929851948     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12202     Document Type: Article

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