Establishment of native perennial shrubs in an agricultural landscape

Austral Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 617-625

  Wong, Nathan K ^a,b   Dorrough, Josh ^b   Hirth, Jeff R ^c   Morgan, John W ^a   O'Brien, Eris ^d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d Trust for Nature (Victoria)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chenopod grassland; Competition; Disturbance; Low rainfall; Resilience

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FIELD SURVEY; FRUIT; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; LAND USE; NATIVE SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; MAIREANA;

EID: 34547653442     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01745.x     Document Type: Article

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