Post-fire vegetation dynamics in nutrient-enriched and non-enriched sclerophyll woodland

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 250-260

  Thomson, Vivien P ^a   Leishman, Michelle R ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Hawkesbury Sandstone soil; Nutrient enrichment; Phosphorus; Weed invasion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GERMINATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WEED CONTROL;

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

EID: 20444395471     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01461.x     Document Type: Article

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