Vegetation succession after bauxite mining in western Australia

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 278-288

  Norman, Melanie A ^a   Koch, John M ^a   Grant, Carl D ^a   Morald, Tim K ^a   Ward, Samuel C ^a  

^a ALCOA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilizer; Jarrah forest; Rehabiliation; Seeding; Species richness; Understorey

Indexed keywords

BAUXITE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MINING; SEED TREATMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 33646713737     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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