Effect of fire on the topsoil seed banks of rehabilitated bauxite mine sites in the jarrah forest of Western Australia

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 50-60

  Smith, Martin A ^a   Loneragan, William A ^a   Grant, Carl D ^b   Koch, John M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c Alcoa World Alumina Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Land rehabilitation; Mining; Obligate seeder; Prescribed burning; Resilience; Resprouter; Soil seed banks

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA;

EID: 0002053483     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-8903.2000.00008.x     Document Type: Article

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