Restoring native ecosystems in urban Auckland: Urban soils, isolation, and weeds as impediments to forest establishment

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-71

  Sullivan, Jon J ^a   Meurk, Colin ^b   Whaley, Kathryn J ^c,d   Simcock, Robyn ^c  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d QEII National Trust   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Ecosystem development; Plant establishment techniques; Regeneration; Urban landscape; Woody weed invasion

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FRUGIVORY; NATIVE SPECIES; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; URBAN AREA;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAITAKERE;

AVES;

EID: 67649526210     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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