Ecological aspects of soil seed-banks in relation to bauxite mining. I. Unmined jarrah forest

Austral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-176

  Ward, S C ^a   Koch, J M ^a   Grant, C D ^b  

^a Alcoa of Australia Ltd ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bauxite; Forest; Jarrah; Mining; Rehabilitation; Season; Seed; Seed banks; Soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444388057     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1997.tb00656.x     Document Type: Article

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