Comparison of post-mine rehabilitated and natural shrubland communities in Southwestern Australia

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 577-585

  Herath, Dulana N ^a   Lamont, Byron B ^a   Enright, Neal J ^b   Miller, Ben P ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BOTANIC GARDENS AND PARKS AUTHORITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Composition; Eneabba; Function; Rehabilitation; Shrubland; Species diversity; Species richness; Structure

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; ACACIA BLAKELYI; MELALEUCA;

EID: 68349152829     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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