Rehabilitation of semiarid landscapes in Australia. I. Restoring productive soil patches

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 388-397

  Tongway, D J ^a   Ludwig, J A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADED LAND; REHABILITATION; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENT; SOIL PATCH;

AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA ANEURA; MICROSACEAE;

EID: 0030316502     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.1996.tb00191.x     Document Type: Article

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