Succession in Bird and Plant Communities over a 24-Year Chronosequence of Mine Rehabilitation in the Australian Monsoon Tropics

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 855-864

  Brady, Christopher J ^a,b   Noske, Richard A ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bauxite mining; Fire; Restoration; Tropical savannas; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BAUXITE; BIOTA; BIRD; CHRONOSEQUENCE; FIRE; FLORA; MINING; MONSOON; PLANT COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAVANNA; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODY PLANT;

AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; AVES;

EID: 78049463687     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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