Restoration of an Ecosystem Function to Revegetation Communities: The Role of Invertebrate Macropores in Enhancing Soil Water Infiltration

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 65-72

  Colloff, Matthew J ^a   Pullen, Kimberi R ^a   Cunningham, Saul A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biopores; Bioturbation; Ecohydrology; Ecosystem engineer; Eucalyptus woodland; Revegetation

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTURBATION; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; INFILTRATION; INVERTEBRATE; MACROPORE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; WOODLAND;

ACACIA; APOIDEA; ARANEAE; CREEDIIDAE; EUCALYPTUS; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 77956547980     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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