The effect of burning, soil scarification and seeding on the understorey composition of 12 year-old rehabilitated bauxite mines in western australia

Australian Forestry

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-23

  Grant, C D ^a   Loneragan, W A ^a   Bell, D T ^a   Koch, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ALCOA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA;

EID: 0013310765     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.1997.10674694     Document Type: Article

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