Response of Acacia species to disturbance by roadworks in roadside environments in southern New South Wales, Australia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 231-242

  Spooner, Peter G ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Resprouting; Shrubs; Soil disturbance; Woodlands

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LIFE HISTORY; RESPROUTING; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; WORLD;

ACACIA; ACACIA DECORA; ACACIA MONTANA; ACACIA PYCNANTHA;

EID: 19544368316     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.07.012     Document Type: Article

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