What's new about old fields? Land abandonment and ecosystem assembly

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 104-112

  Cramer, Viki A ^a   Hobbs, Richard J ^a   Standish, Rachel J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; REVIEW; TIME;

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38849166764     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2007.10.005     Document Type: Review

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