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Southern hemisphere botanical ecosystems
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Soil Characteristics and Tree Species Distribution in the Savannah of Melville Island, Norther Territory

RJ Fensham and JB Kirkpatrick

Australian Journal of Botany 40(3) 311 - 333
Published: 1992

Abstract

In the savannah of Melville Island, Northern Temtory floristic variation relates strongly to both soil moisture regimes at different depths in the profile and chemical edaphic conditions. While some elements of variation in vegetation structure and overstorey species composition have clear edaphic relationships, many common tree species could be found as important overstorey components in a range of edaphic situations. The interaction of stochastic disturbance events and phenological condition may explain this deviation from environmental determinism.

https://doi.org/10.1071/BT9920311

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