Restoring jarrah forest trees after bauxite mining in Western Australia

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2007, Pages

  Koch, John M ^a   Samsa, Glen P ^b  

^a Huntly Mine   (Australia)

^b Great Southern Plantations Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bauxite mining; Forest; Jarrah; Restoration; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

BAUXITE; MINING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAPLING; SOIL TYPE; VEGETATION TYPE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CORYMBIA CALOPHYLLA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; PHYTOPHTHORA CINNAMOMI;

EID: 37349106096     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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