Invertebrates and the restoration of a forest ecosystem: 30 years of research following bauxite mining in Western Australia

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2007, Pages

  Majer, Jonathan D ^a   Brennan, Karl E C ^b   Moir, Melinda L ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Araneae; Coarse woody debris; Collembola; Ecosystem reassembly; Formicidae; Habitat structure; Hemiptera; Hymenoptera; Insects; Isoptera; Rehabilitation; Restoration; Revegetation; Seed predators

Indexed keywords

BAUXITE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; MINING; RECOLONIZATION; REINTRODUCTION; RESEARCH PROGRAM; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; UNDERSTORY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLLEMBOLA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 37349087230     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00298.x     Document Type: Article

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