Decommissioning Western Australia's First Bauxite Mine: Co-evolving vegetation restoration techniques and targets

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 92-105

  Grant, Carl ^a   Koch, John ^a  

^a ALCOA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Closure; Completion criteria; Rehabilitation; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINE; BAUXITE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; LAND RECLAMATION; RESEARCH WORK; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; JARRAHDALE MINE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA;

EID: 34447530435     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2007.00346.x     Document Type: Review

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