Poor recovery of woody vegetation on sand and gravel mines in the Darwin region of the Northern Territory

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 118-123

  Price, Owen ^a   Milne, Damian ^a   Tynan, Charmaine ^a  

^a Biodiversity Conservation Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Gravel; Mining; Rehabilitation; Restoration; Sand

Indexed keywords

HEATHLAND; MINING; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SAND AND GRAVEL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; WORLD;

EID: 23744452323     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2005.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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