Recovering subtidal forests in human-dominated landscapes

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1258-1265

  Gorman, Daniel ^a   Connell, Sean D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat loss; Inhibition; Recruitment; Regime shift; Restoration; State; Turf

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT LOSS; KELP FOREST; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ALGAE;

EID: 72849124509     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01711.x     Document Type: Article

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