Vertebrate fauna recolonization of restored bauxite mines - Key findings from almost 30 years of monitoring and research

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2007, Pages

  Nichols, Owen G ^a   Grant, Carl D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ALCOA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bauxite mining; Birds; Fauna recolonization; Jarrah forest; Mammals; Reptiles; Restoration; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAUNA; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT RESTORATION; RECOLONIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ANNIELLIDAE; AVES; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 37349071583     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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