Early and late colonizers in mine site rehabilitated waste dumps in the Goldfields of Western Australia

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 235-243

  Thompson, Graham G ^a   Thompson, Scott A ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Coffey Environment ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Mammals; Mining; Rehabilitation; Reptiles; Succession

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; MAMMAL; MINING; REPTILE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WASTE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CRASSICAUDA; HETERONOTIA BINOEI; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; ORA; POGONA MINOR; PSEUDOMYS HERMANNSBURGENSIS; REPTILIA; SMINTHOPSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 42249097076     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc070235     Document Type: Article

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