An International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List ecosystems risk assessment for alpine snow patch herbfields, South-Eastern Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 433-443

  Williams, R J ^a,b,c   Wahren, C H ^c,d   Stott, K A J ^d   Camac, J S ^e   White, M ^e   Burns, E ^c,f   Harris, S ^g   Nash, M ^c,h   Morgan, J W ^d,i   Venn, S ^d,i,j   Papst, W A ^d   Hoffmann, A A ^c,k  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^h MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^k SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Alpine; Climate change; Risk assessment; Snow; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FERAL ORGANISM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROWING SEASON; HERB; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; RED LIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNOWPACK; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

ANIMALIA; POACEAE;

EID: 84929957668     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12266     Document Type: Article

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