Determining reference conditions for management and restoration of temperate grassy woodlands: Relationships among trees, topsoils and understorey flora in little-grazed remnants

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 687-697

  Prober, Suzanne M ^a   Lunt, Ian D ^a   Thiele, Kevin R ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TOPSOIL; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS ALBENS; EUCALYPTUS MELLIODORA; POA; POA SIEBERIANA; POACEAE; THEMEDA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 0036925838     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT02043     Document Type: Article

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