Restoration of plant biodiversity beneath tropical tree plantations in Northern Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 117-131

  Keenan, R ^a,b   Lamb, D ^b,c   Woldring, O ^b,c   Irvine, T ^b,d   Jensen, R ^b,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b Trop Rainforest Ecol and Mgmt ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Araucaria cunninghamii; Biodiversity; Ecosystem rehabilitation; Flindersia brayleyana; Natural regeneration; Pinus caribaea; Restoration ecology; Toona ciliata

Indexed keywords

ARAUCARIA CUNNINGHAMII; AVES; CILIOPHORA; FLINDERSIA BRAYLEYANA; PINUS CARIBAEA; TOONA CILIATA;

EID: 0030694651     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00198-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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