Implications of seedling emergence to site restoration following bauxite mining in Western Australia

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 146-154

  Grant, Carl D ^a   Bell, David T ^a   Koch, John M ^b   Loneragan, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Alcoa of Australia Ltd ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAUXITE MINING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA PULCHELLA; BOSSIAEA AQUIFOLIUM; CHAMAESCILLA CORYMBOSA; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; HAKEA AMPLEXICAULIS; KENNEDIA COCCINEA; STYLIDIUM CALCARATUM; XANTHORRHOEA GRACILIS;

EID: 0030423692     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.1996.tb00115.x     Document Type: Article

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