Restoration of OCBILs in south-western Australia: Response to Hopper

Plant and Soil

Volumn 330, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-18

  Standish, Rachel J ^a   Hobbs, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ancient landscapes; Biodiversity conservation; Broadscale restoration; Climate change; Infertile soils; Plant soil interactions; Recalcitrant species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FLORISTICS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; OLD FIELD; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77950337589     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0182-z     Document Type: Article

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