Restoring Australia's temperate grasslands and grassy woodlands: Integrating function and diversity

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-27

  Prober, Suzanne M ^a   Thiele, Kevin R ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Ecological Interactions   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17444415019     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2005.00215.x     Document Type: Review

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