Smoke enhanced seed germination for mine rehabilitation in the southwest of Western Australia

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 191-203

  Roche, Shauna ^a   Koch, John M ^b   Dixon, Kingsley W ^a  

^a KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^b Alcoa of Australia Ltd ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; TRIXIS;

GERMINATION; MINE; REHABILITATION; SEED;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031392425     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.1997.09724.x     Document Type: Article

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