Long-term trends in faunal recolonization after bauxite mining in the Jarrah forest of Southwestern Australia

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-272

  Nichols, Owen G ^a   Nichols, Flora M ^a  

^a ALCOA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bauxite mining; Faunal recolonization; Jarrah forest; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

BAUXITE; FAUNA; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MINING; RECOLONIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; FORMICIDAE; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0141537885     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2003.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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