Long-term impact of prescribed burning on the nutrient status and fuel loads of rehabilitated bauxite mines in Western Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 190, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 227-239

  Morley, Samantha ^a   Grant, Carl ^b   Hobbs, Richard ^a   Cramer, Viki ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALCOA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bauxite mines; Fire ecology; Jarrah forest; N fixation; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

BAUXITE MINES; COMBUSTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FUELS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; SOILS;

NUTRIENTS;

FORESTRY;

BAUXITE; MINE; NUTRIENT LOSS; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA;

EID: 1542290017     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2003.10.016     Document Type: Article

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