Monitoring and assessment of restoration of a rainforest remnant at Wingham Brush, NSW

Austral Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 489-507

  Harden, Gwen J ^a,c   Fox, Marilyn D ^a,b   Fox, Barry J ^b  

^a Roy Botanic Gdns and Domain Trust   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Bradley Method; Canopy gaps; Monitoring; Rainforest; Regeneration; Remnant; Wingham Brush Method

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; RAINFOREST;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; WINGHAM BRUSH; WORLD;

EID: 7044246120     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01421.x     Document Type: Article

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