Assessing the ecological risk from secondary salinity: A framework addressing questions of scale and threshold responses

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 537-545

  Cramer, Viki A ^a   Hobbs, Richard J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Conceptual framework; Ecological risk assessment; Ecosystem process; Hydrology; Salt accumulation; Vegetation management; Waterlogging

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALINIZATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATERLOGGING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 28244450948     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01468.x     Document Type: Review

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