Return of ecosystem function to restored bauxite mines in Western Australia

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2007, Pages

  Grant, Carl D ^a   Ward, Samuel C ^a   Morley, Samantha C ^a  

^a ALCOA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bauxite mines; Ecosystem functions; Fertilizer; Jarrah forest; Litter decomposition; Nutrient cycling; Self sustaining; Topsoil seed stores

Indexed keywords

BAUXITE; BIOACCUMULATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LITTERFALL; MINE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC NITROGEN; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA;

EID: 37349079100     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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