What drives plant biodiversity in the clay floodplain grasslands of NSW?
Tom Lewis A , B , D , Peter J. Clarke C , Ralph D. B. Whalley C and Nick Reid B A Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Locked Bag 16, Fraser Rd, Gympie, Qld 4570, Australia. B Ecosystem Management, School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia. C Botany, School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia. D Corresponding author. Email: tom.lewis@deedi.qld.gov.au Abstract An assessment of the relative influences of management and environment on the composition of floodplain grasslands of north-western New South Wales was made using a regional vegetation survey sampling a range of land tenures (e.g. private property, travelling stock routes and nature reserves). A total of 364 taxa belonging to 55 different plant families was recorded. Partitioning of variance with redundancy analysis determined that environmental variables accounted for a greater proportion (61.3%) of the ex
