Vegetation change, erosion risk and land management on the Nullarbor Plain, Australia

Environmental Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 145-153

  Gillieson, D ^a   Wallbrink, P ^a   Cochrane, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desert; Erosion Radionuclides; Karst; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION NEED; DESERT REGION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION; EROSION; KARST LANDSCAPE; KARST PROTECTION; LAND USE; LAND USE MANAGEMENT; LIMESTONE; MANAGEMENT APPROACH; VEGETATION CHANGE;

AUSTRALIA, NULLARBOR PLAIN;

EID: 0030303185     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050087     Document Type: Article

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