Effects of bauxite mine restoration operations on topsoil seed reserves in the jarrah forest of Western Australia

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 368-376

  Koch, J M ^a   Ward, S C ^a   Grant, C D ^b   Ainsworth, G L ^a  

^a Alcoa of Australia Ltd ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0000565286     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.1996.tb00189.x     Document Type: Article

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