Reporting vegetation condition using the Vegetation Assets, States and Transitions (VAST) framework

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Thackway, Richard ^a   Lesslie, Robert ^a  

^a BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Degradation; Modification states; Native vegetation; Reconstruction; Restoration; State and transition; Vegetation condition

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; MAPPING; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

EID: 33646553579     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2006.00292.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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