Ecological aspects of soil seed-banks in relation to bauxite mining. II. Twelve year old rehabilitated mines

Austral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-184

  Grant, G D ^a,c   Koch, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Alcoa of Australia Ltd ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bauxite mining; Heating; Jarrah forest; Prescribed burning; Rehabilitation; Season; Smoking; Soil seed banks

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444389730     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1997.tb00657.x     Document Type: Article

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