Using dominance-diversity curves to assess completion criteria after bauxite mining rehabilitation in Western Australia

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-109

  Grant, C D ^a   Loneragan, W A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bauxite mining rehabilitation; Dominance diversity curves; Fire response syndrome; Jarrah forest; Life form; Resprouters

Indexed keywords

BAUXITE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MINING; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA;

EID: 0037368881     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2003.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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