Risks to a mountain summit ecosystem with endemic biota in southwestern Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 423-432

  Barrett, Sarah ^a   Yates, Colin J ^b  

^a Department of Parks and Wildlife ^*  (Australia)

^b Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental history; Long term monitoring; Phytophthora dieback; Proteaceae; Red list; Risk assessment; Threatened ecological community

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EUKARYOTE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PATHOGEN; PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; RED LIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEED COLLECTION;

AUSTRALIA; STIRLING RANGE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

MIMOSA; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA CINNAMOMI; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 84929894339     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12199     Document Type: Article

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