Rainforest revegetation in the uplands of the Australian Wet Tropics: The Eacham Shire experience with planting models, outcomes and monitoring issues

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 140-143

  Freebody, Kylie ^a,b  

^a Eacham Shire Community Revegetation Unit   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Best practice; Community; Restoration; Riparian; Succession

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RAINFOREST; REVEGETATION; RIPARIAN FOREST; SUCCESSION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EACHAM; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 34447512676     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2007.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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